We offer two services: tele-clinic and nurse training.
Tele-Clinic
Expert advice, support and education beyond frontiers.
Aim of the project
This project has two aims:
- To provide treatment services online to people with epilepsy or other neurological disorders who do not have access to neurologists and other specialized support.
- Specialist experienced doctors providing expert advice to other doctors, clinical officers and nurses to help them deal with difficult and complex cases.
This year the tele-health project focused on two countries, and more will be added in 2022. These countries were Rwanda and Malawi. Our tele/online clinic offers free treatment, advice, support and education by experts every Wednesday online to people with epilepsy without access to this service because of unavailability of specialist doctors or because of lack of money to pay for the service. All clinics were attended by Professor Najib Kissani and his team of doctors of Morocco and doctors in Rwanda and Malawi. The Centre Coordinator for Malawi was Samuel Chigamba while in Rwanda it was Chantal Kanyabutembo. To participate in this amazing project in 2022 going forward, please send an email to epilepsyallianceafrica@gmail.com. Participation is free.
As numbers increase for the tele-health service, the following people have gladly offered themselves to provide free services:
Volunteer physicians
- Pr Najib Kissani, Morocco
- Dr Gams Massi, Cameroon
- Dr Olusola Talabi, Nigeria
- Pr Man Mohan Mahndiratta, India
- Dr Musa Watila, Nigeria
Volunteer nurses
- Millie Kumwenda, Malawi
- Joan Kagema, Kenya
Volunteer social worker
- Dr Jacob Mugumbate, Zimbabwe
Volunteer neuro-scientists and EEG workers
- Bankole Murtala Olusola, Nigeria
Volunteer mental health practitioner
- David Naboare, Ghana
Volunteer coordinators at country centres
- Samuel Chigamba, Malawi
- Chantal Kanyabutembo, Rwanda
- Bankole Murtala Olusola, Nigeria
Nurse Training
Next training: September 2024 during Epilepsy Stripes Week
