Packages of care for epilepsy in low- and middle-income countries

PLoS Med. 2009 Oct;6(10):e1000162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000162. Epub 2009 Oct 13.

Abstract

In the second in a series of six articles on packages of care for mental health disorders in low- and middle-income countries, Caroline Mbuba and Charles Newton discuss treatment for epilepsy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anticonvulsants / supply & distribution
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Attitude to Health
  • Caregivers / psychology
  • Community Networks / organization & administration
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Delivery of Health Care*
  • Developing Countries* / economics
  • Epilepsy / diagnosis
  • Epilepsy / drug therapy*
  • Epilepsy / economics
  • Epilepsy / epidemiology
  • Epilepsy / psychology
  • Epilepsy / surgery
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Health Personnel / education
  • Health Personnel / psychology
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Humans
  • International Agencies / organization & administration*
  • International Cooperation
  • Medicine, Traditional
  • Organizations
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Poverty
  • World Health Organization / organization & administration*

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants