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Key to treating epilepsy is talking about it and community engagement: WHO

Key to treating epilepsy is talking about it and community engagement: WHO

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Epilepsy affects some 50 million people around the world and eight in 10 of these live in low to middle-income countries, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. In an interview with UN News’s Samuel Mungai, WHO’s Dr. Tarun Dua explains how to help sufferers and what the strategies are that are being put in place to reduce stigma faced by those with the condition.

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Samuel Mungai, UN News - Geneva
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UN News/Daniel Johnson