World Health Organization and Encephalitis International Launch Technical Brief on Encephalitis Amid Increasing Global Threat - Orange Magazine

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WHO, Encephalitis International Call for Urgent Global Action Against Encephalitis

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Encephalitis International have called for immediate global action to address the growing public health threat of encephalitis – swelling and inflammation of the brain, often due to infection Encephalitis is a serious neurological condition, leading to high mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. It is estimated that encephalitis affects three […]

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The specialist of Hula Alejandro Cabrera shares the calculation of the Spanish Society of Neurology: each year some 1,200 cases of encephalitis are diagnosed in Spain. This serious pathology, consisting of inflammation of brain tissue, is dedicated to the day of February 22.

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It is called encephalitis to inflammation of brain tissue. And as a result of this inflammation more than 20% of people who survive this pathology do so with important sequelae. That is why neurologists warn that encephalitis is a disease with a high mortality rate, to such an extent that, in Spain, between 5 and 20% of people with encephalitis die. This Saturday, 22 February, World encephalitis Day is celebrated.

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World Health Organization and Encephalitis International Launch Technical Brief on Encephalitis Amid Increasing Global Threat - Orange Magazine

Encephalitis International, a nonprofit organization, funded a technical brief recently released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in recognition of World Encephalitis Day on February 22. The brief identifies encephalitis, a life-threatening brain inflammation, as a growing global threat and urgent public health issue due to its high mortality, disability burden, and economic impact. The [...] The post World Health Organization and Encephal…