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Morgan Prust, MD, Halima Salisu-Kabara RN, PhD, Hassan Ismail, MBBS, Misbahu Ahmad, MBBS, Mustafa Miko Mohammed Abdullahi, MD, Sarah Wahlster, MD, Susan Yeager, DNP, Sarah Livesay, DNP and Yasser Abulhasan, MBChB
The Emergency Neurologic Life Support (ENLS) certification course developed and sponsored by the Neurocritical Care Society provides instruction in standardized, algorithmic approaches to the acute management of common neurologic emergencies.1 With a focus on rapid stabilization and initiation of care in the first hour of patient contact, the ENLS curriculum is comprised of 14 content areas that range from general emergency and critical care (such as Airway, Ventilation, and Sedation) to specialized topics in emergency neurology (such as Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Acute Ischemic Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Status Epilepticus). It is targeted to any health care worker playing an early role in the chain of survival for acute neurologic emergencies, including not only neurologists, but anesthesiologists/anesthetists, general intensivists, emergency physicians, neurosurgeons, nurses, pharmacists, and prehospital health care workers. Read More
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The Without Borders specialty site is looking for blogs on the topic of neurology and global health.
The mission of the Without Borders site is to provide important, engaging, accurate, and timely content on issues in global neurology with emphasis on underserved populations in lower-resourced countries and environments globally.
Descriptions of research, education, collaboration programs in global neurology
Reflections from neurologists, researchers, educators, and students in the field
Discussions of important issues, papers, and topics relevant to neurologic research and care worldwide
Commentaries on announcements, conferences, and other important events
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On the Road
On the Road: A Saint Lucian Vascular Neurologist at the 2022 Global Stroke Alliance and the 2023 International Stroke Conference
By | May 9, 2023
My biggest motivation to practice medicine has always been to improve neurologic care in my home country, Saint Lucia and the wider Caribbean, with particular interest in stroke systems of care. Though each country is unique, we share similar circumstances by being under-resourced developing states, experiencing numerous barriers to provide standard care for stroke patients. Having completed the clinical aspect of my medical training at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica and internship in St. Lucia, I understood the enormous disparity in caring for stroke patients in our region, compared to developed nations.
Global Stuff You Should Know
March 20, 2023
Women may, in the words of Chairman Mao Zedong, hold up half the sky, but globally they experience marked disparities in health, including brain health.
Biological sex and/or socially constructed gender influence risk, course, or presentation of most neuropsychiatric diseases – but in the context of global neurology, these differences have to date been mostly and best evaluated for stroke.1 The current study by Nutakki et al.2 adds both to this stroke literature and to the expanding canon of neurologic research performed at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. Read More
By Riley Bove, MD
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Burden of Common Neurologic Diseases in Asian Countries, 1990–2019: An Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Yue Wang, Jingjing Liang, Yuting Fang, et al.
Neurology | April 04, 2023
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
Consensus Competencies for Post-Graduate Fellowship Training in Global Neurology
Nicoline Schiess, Violet Kulo, Pria Anand, et al.
Neurology | March 30, 2023
REVIEW
Improving Sleep Health Among Refugees: A Systematic Review
Archit Baskaran, Emily Marogi, Ricardo Bitar, et al.
Neurology: Clinical Practice | March 14, 2023
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Neurologic Care of Forcibly Displaced Persons: Emerging Issues in Neurology
Farrah J. Mateen, Ibrahem Hanafi, Gretchen L. Birbeck, et al.
Neurology | March 09, 2023
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Mission: To provide important, engaging, accurate, timely and balanced content on emerging and pressing issues at the intersection of neurology and global health for neurologists and people who provide neurologic care everywhere.
Vision:
• To serve as an up-to-date resource for issues and opportunities related to the global practice of neurologic care
• To inspire future generations of neurologists to engage with global issues
• To provide content about global neurology topics in a variety of formats, including blogs, posts, podcasts, and other media
• To provide an inclusive platform to discuss issues in neurology relevant to countries of all income levels, emphasizing under-served and vulnerable populations in lower resourced environments globally
• To share content that stimulates and facilitates discussions and collaborations that improve the status of neurologic research and care globally
• To curate existing resources and announcements of importance to neurologists globally
• To respect, honor, empower and promote the lived experiences, perspectives and voices of neurologists in clinical practice and research programs in lower resourced and/or lower income settings
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Monthly Global Neurology Webinar
The Global Neurology Monthly Webinar Series is on summer break! The series will continue on Tuesday, September 12 at 12:00 PM ET.
We are still looking for volunteers to present at upcoming webinars. Please sign up below.
Johns Hopkins Global Neurology Fellowship!
The Johns Hopkins Global Neurology Fellowship is a one-year program designed to give fellows first-hand experience in (1) caring for patients with neurologic disorders in a resource-limited setting; (2) developing clinical neurology training for medical students, internal medicine residents, and neurology residents in a resource-limited setting; and (3) completing clinical and/or epidemiologic research relevant to a resource-limited setting. Fellows will spend one year in Lusaka, Zambia, at the University of Zambia School of Medicine and the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) working in conjunction with Dr. Deanna Saylor. At the end of this one-year program, fellows will have obtained clinical, education, and research exposure in a resource-limited setting as well as significant experience in developing and working within cross-cultural teams. Please contact Dr. Saylor for more details. deanna@jhmi.edu
RESOURCES
Brain Health – World Health Organization
Brain Disorders Across the Lifespan
Global Campaign Against Epilepsy
International Brain Research Organization
International League Against Epilepsy
International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society
International Society for the Study of Pain
Neurocritical Care Society - Global Partners
NIH Fogarty International Center: Global Brain Disorders Research
triMS.online – Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Online
World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies