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Collaborative projects between ICNA and CNS continue to expand. These programs focus on improving infrastructure in different countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, and include donations of EEG machines, creation of safe EEG laboratories, long-term training of EEG technologies and creation of epilepsy surgery programs (El Salvador, Central America). These programs improved availability of neurodiagnostic tests and specialized surgeries, such as hemispherectomies, temporal lobectomies of implantation of VNS systems for children living in poor resource areas. The key to such initiatives is the ongoing development, support and sustainability through continued interaction with the centres. In collaboration with...

Epilepsy is well recognised worldwide as a common, complex neurological disorder which places a significant burden on people and society. Uncontrolled seizures severely impact a person’s independence and quality of life and place enormous costs on the healthcare system. In recognition of this challenge the province of Ontario in Canada developed a network of comprehensive epilepsy centers where people can be assessed for available epilepsy treatments including potentially curative epilepsy surgery. They also created and disseminated evidence based clinical guidelines to improve epilepsy care throughout the province. Although this was a significant achievement, unfortunately it wasn’t enough. There was...

We are pleased to inform our ICNA members that, following our recent election, Prof. Pratibha Singhi has been elected as the next President Elect of ICNA. Her 4-year term as ICNA President will be from the ICNA Congress in Oct. 2022 to 2026. We wish her our sincerest congratulations and strong support. There were more votes cast in this election than in any prior ICNA election and both candidates received more votes than any previous presidential candidate. Please join me in thanking both Prof. Pratibha Singhi and Prof. Charles Newton for...

It is with great sadness that the ICNA announce the passing of Kenneth Swaiman, MD, the founder and first president of the Child Neurology Society, Child Neurology Foundation, and the Professors of Child Neurology, original author and continuing editor of Swaiman’s Pediatric Neurology, and founding editor of the journal, Pediatric Neurology. IN MEMORIAM: KENNETH FRED SWAIMAN, MD (November 19, 1931 - September 18, 2020) Ken Swaiman was a visionary who has played a universally recognized, pivotal and remarkable role in the development of child neurology. He initiated the founding of the Child...

Dear Colleague, We hope you will take 10-15 minutes to answer this brief survey about medical treatment in childhood epilepsy from ILAE’s Paediatric Commission Medical Task Force. The aim of the survey is to study your current treatment practices in 6 typical early life epilepsy scenarios. Our aim is not only to show first and second line treatment preferences, but also to illustrate that we commonly use off-label drugs in childhood epilepsies.

  BPNA 2021 Annual Conference 47th Annual meeting of the British Paediatric Neurology Association  6-8 January 2021     The conference will be held virtually on the 6-8 January 2021. All session will be available 30 days following the conference for those who have registered. Please click here to view the scientific programme.   Bookings are now open! To find out more on prices and how to register, please click here.   ...

It is with great sadness that the ICNA announce the passing of Paul Casaer former ICNA President & Emeritus full Professor in Paediatrics-Paediatric Neurology, KU Leuven, on 30 July 2020.

ICNC2020 is going virtual The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on many of our lives and practices. The demands on health care have inevitably drawn our focus away from child neurology and child health in general. The ramification of the disruption to child health will be seen for years to come. Early intervention programs have become disrupted (e.g. measles vaccination, hearing screens), delayed presentation of children with neurological diseases and interruption of standard care for many of our patients, to name a few of the consequences of this pandemic. The impact on health care facilities and the...

In light of the of COVID-19 developments, the difficult decision has been taken to postpone the 14th EPNS Congress to 2022 instead of the previously indicated dates in June 2021. Please save the new dates: 28 April until 2 May 2022. The 2022 EPNS Congress aims to be a ‘hybrid’ event combining both a physical meeting in Glasgow with virtual attendance also possible. For more information visit the congress website at...

The Tunisian Association of Child Neurology (TCNA) with its Partners, have the pleasure to invite you to participate to the 5th congress of Pediatric Neurology and 19th Days of Pediatric Neurology, on JUNE 26-27, 2020, on zoom Webinar. Eminent experts are invited from Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, France, Italy, Germany and Canada, thus giving an international scope to this event with ICNA ENDORSEMENT.