A collaborative effort to build an epilepsy program in central Vietnam

Authors

  • Thi Phuoc Yen Tran Hue University hospital, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University
  • Van Tri Truong Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy
  • Dinh Toan Nguyen Hue University hospital, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University
  • Duy Duan Nguyen Hue University hospital, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University
  • Alain Bouthillier Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, University of Montreal
  • Dang Khoa Nguyen Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, University of Montreal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54029/2021zsu

Keywords:

epilepsy program, collaboration, epilepsy surgery, minimal resources, developing country

Abstract

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a developing country with an estimated population of 96.2 million as of 2019. The prevalence rate of epilepsy is between 4.4 and 14 per 1000 population. The care of epileptic patients in Vietnam is suboptimal for many reasons: insufficient resources, poor infrastructure, lack of education (to both patients and physicians), and inadequate offer of medical and surgical treatment options for epilepsy.

Published

2021-10-01

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 3 (2021)

Section

Correspondence