Key Activities

  • Conduction of cross-sectional surveys in the HDSS sites to identify cases of active convulsive epilepsy, matching these cases with controls randomly chosen from the HDSS
  • Measuring exposure of cases and controls to parasites associated with the development of epilepsy
  • Determination of prevalence and risk factors for the treatment gap
  • Supporting and setting up clinics for the treatment of epilepsy
  • Following-up cohorts of patients with ACE to determine the risk of death
  • Providing information for Ministry of Health and local organisations that support people with 

Report of meeting on Studies of Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Sites (SEEDS) held at St Johns College, Oxford April 15th-17th 2012