Subject: FW: Georgian League Against Epilepsy
From: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
To: info <[email-masked]>
Cc: Natela Okujava <[email-masked]>, Nana Tatishvili <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, Amiran Gamkrelidze <[email-masked]>, Lela Sturua <[email-masked]>, Ekaterine Adamia <[email-masked]>, giorgi chavchavadze <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 08:21:18 +0000

გთხოვთ დაარეგისტრიროთ

ქალბატონო სოფია

დიდი მადლობა გაგიზიარებთ კომენტარებს დათქმულ ვადამდე,

პატივისცემით,

თამარ გაბუნია

მინისტრის პირველი მოადგილე

Sincerely,

Tamar Gabunia, MD, MPH

First Deputy Minister

From: Sofia Kasradze [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: 2 April, 2021 12:20
To: Tamar Gabunia
Cc: Alla Guekht ; Samuel Wiebe ; Dr. Eugen Trinka ; Natela Okujava ; Nana Tatishvili
Subject: Georgian League Against Epilepsy

Dear Mrs Tamar Gabunia,

On behalf of the Georgian Chapter of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) let me inform you in November 2020, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted resolution WHA73.10, which calls for the development of an Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP) on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders. This resolution provides us with a unique opportunity to place epilepsy at the top of the agenda (Please see attached file of a copy of the WHO Discussion Paper and the WHA73.10 Resolution).

Once adopted by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in 2022, IGAP will provide a framework to support service planning and funding for care and treatment, and a means to tackle stigma, exclusion and discriminatory legislation through intersectoral action.

The WHO Secretariat has issued a consultation discussion paper that will be used as the basis for the creation of IGAP (Please see: https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/consultation-on-discussion-paper-on-global-action-plan-on-epilepsy-and-other-neurological- disorders).

The WHO Secretariat is seeking comments from governments, civil society, UN partners, academia, and non-state actors on the discussion paper by April 10, 2021. These comments will be critical to the shaping of the IGAP project.

ILAE will provide comments directly on behalf of all departments, and is also working on a joint submission with the International Bureau of Epilepsy (IBE), the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) and the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA).

So we urgently need the support from the Georgian Ministry of Health in submitting comments on the Discussion Paper to support our areas of concern.

To help you please see attached documents:

A background paper which explains the four main concerns (Comments on the discussion),

A template letter that you could use/adapt to forward your comments directly to WHO (Suggested text for use),

A copy of the WHO Discussion Paper and the WHA73.10 Resolution for your ease of reference.

We hope that the MoH of Georgia and personally You show your usual kindness to help people with epilepsy and timely submit your remarks to the WHO, directly to:

·  [email-masked]

·  [email-masked]

·  Dr Ren Minghui, Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage/Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases: [email-masked]

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me –

Prof. Sofia Kasradze – President, Georgian Chapter of the ILA: [email-masked]

or any of

Prof.  Sam Wiebe (ILAE President): [email-masked]

Prof.  Alla Guecht    (ILAE Vice President):  [email-masked]

Prof.  Eugen Trinka (Chair, ILAE/ILAE-Europe):  [email-masked]

Thank you in advance for your time and support.

With best regards

Sofia Kasradze, MD

Ass. Prof., Caucasus International University

Director, Institute of Neurology and Neuropsychology (INN),

President , Georgian League Against Epilepsy (GLAE)

83/11, Vazha-Pshavela ave., 0186, Tbilisi, Georgia

Tel:        +(995 32) 2912 947

Tel/Fax: +(995 32) 2958 972

E-mail: [email-masked]  [email-masked]