Data show that every year, 500,000 people in sub-Saharan African nations get epilepsy. According to research on the condition, 50,000 Ethiopians develop epilepsy each year, according to Dr. Beza Addis, deputy director of the Institute of Public Health, who spoke with Bisrat Radio.
Approximately one million persons in Ethiopia are thought to be affected by this illness overall. They are concentrated in the southern, Oromia, and Amhara areas, accounting for 79% of them. He succeeded.
According to Dr. Beza, the majority of disease victims do not seek treatment in medical facilities, and the isolation and discrimination that patients experience are the main causes of this.
The concerned parties also demanded that government health institutions should contact any patient and allow them to use health insurance to pay for the medication. In 2015 alone, 3 million people worldwide had epilepsy, according to a global study encompassing numerous nations. There are several programs being explored for the eighth National Epilepsy Week.