Improving paediatric epilepsy management at the first level of care: a pilot education intervention for clinical officers in Zambia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Epilepsy affects approximately 50 million people globally, with approximately 80% living in low/middle-income countries (LMIC), where access to specialist care is limited. In LMIC, primary health workers provide the majority of epilepsy care, despite limited training in this field. Recognising this knowledge gap among these providers is an essential component for closing the epilepsy treatment gap in these regions.

Setting

In Zambia, the vast majority of healthcare is provided by clinical officers (COs), primary health providers with 3 years post-secondary general medical education, who predominantly work in first-level health centres around the country.

Participants

With cooperation from the Ministry of Health, a total of 10 COs from 4 surrounding first-lev

SUBMITTER: Patel AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661618 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature