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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/87528| Title: | Facing the challenges : Malta |
| Other Titles: | Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy : continuing the global conversation |
| Authors: | Mifsud, Janet |
| Keywords: | Epilepsy -- Malta Epilepsy -- Societies, etc. Epilepsy -- Social aspects -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | Epilepsy Australia Ltd. |
| Citation: | Mifsud, J. (2011). Facing the challenges : Malta. In: D. Chapman, R. Panelli, J. Hanna, & T. Jeffs (eds.), Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy : continuing the global conversation (pp. 123-124). Australia: Epilepsy Australia Ltd. |
| Abstract: | Malta is a small island state and a member of the European Union, centrally located in Mediterranean sea. The population is just over 400,000 and preliminary studies indicate that the incidence of epilepsy in Malta (4000 persons or just under 1% of the population) is similar to that in Europe. The local IBE association, the Caritas Malta Epilepsy Association, was set up in 1996 and became affiliated to IBE in 1999. The Association is for persons with epilepsy and their families. It aims to promote education and local awareness about epilepsy, especially because of the stigma suffered by people with this condition socially and in the workplace. Our campaign is aimed at the continual improvement of health care services. Our goal is for the management and social acceptance of epilepsy, to reflect the fact that it is a serious, yet treatable, brain disorder. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/87528 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SCPT |
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