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Epilepsy Association of Sierra Leone

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Epilepsy Association of Sierra Leone
AbbreviationEASL
Formation1999/12/03
TypeNon-governmental Organization
Legal statusSociety
PurposeFight against Epilepsy
Location
  • Sierra Leone
ServicesTraining of Community Health Officers & Nurses
Websitehttp://epilepsyassocsl.org/

The Epilepsy Association of Sierra Leone (EASL) is a non-profit organization based in Sierra Leone.[1] The Epilepsy Association of Sierra Leone aims to establish medical assistance and training for the benefit of the indigenous population who have Epilepsy.[2]

Objectives

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EASL was established with passion to counter act epilepsy at grass root level. The association aims to train the local health care officers, community workers, enrolled nurses & other volunteers. More than 300 members have been successfully trained technically to treat patients.[3] Through its programs EASL strives to achieve the following:[4]

  • To bring awareness amongst the locals and treat epilepsy as a medical condition.
  • To ensure availability of anti-epileptic medication.
  • To perform outreach programs and provide support to the people with the disease.

Areas

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EASL has been successful in establishing treatment centers across 13 districts in Sierra Leone. Alongside the association also has 21 outreach treatment centers working towards the treatment of epilepsy.[5]

Collaborators

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In order to achieve the task of training local health care workers EASL has associated with other governmental and non governmental bodies. The list is as follows:[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Epilepsy Association". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08.
  2. ^ "Epilepsy Support".
  3. ^ "training". EASL website. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Epilepsy in Sierra Leone". EASL website. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Areas of Operation". EASL website. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  6. ^ "collaborations". Retrieved 6 February 2014.
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