Swiss Epilepsy League
| Swiss Epilepsy League | |
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| purpose | Professional organization health |
| President: | Barbara Tettenborn |
| Manager: | Julia Franke |
| Establishment date: | 1931 |
| Seat : | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Website: | www.epi.ch |
The Swiss Epilepsy League (formerly the Swiss League Against Epilepsy ) is a specialist organization operating throughout Switzerland and an interest group dealing with the clinical picture of epilepsy . It is a member of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and forms its national section in Switzerland (since 1964). The Epilepsy League promotes research and advises specialists, patients and relatives. It also informs and sensitizes the public to the subject of epilepsy. In doing so, she wants to contribute to the integration of those affected by epilepsy in society.
activities
Until 2018, the Swiss Epilepsy League published the journal Epileptologie , which appeared four times a year. It organizes regular annual meetings at which science and training are imparted, alternating annually with other Swiss specialist societies and as a "three-country meeting" together with the German Society for Epileptology and the Austrian Society for Epileptology .
Some commissions deal with medical and organizational aspects of epilepsy.
Every year, it awards a research funding prize of CHF 25,000 and a doctorate prize of CHF 1,000 every three years to young scientists. In addition, together with the German Society for Epileptology and the Austrian Society for Epileptology, it awards the Alfred Hauptmann Prize, endowed with 10,000 euros, on the occasion of the three -country conferences.
It organizes Epilepsy Day on October 5th and a conference for patients and relatives every November. It provides information for all interested parties. Three times a year, specialist events for further training in the field of epileptology and public events to inform the public about the clinical picture take place.
The league is also politically active and has been drawing attention to the risk of drug shortages especially for those affected by epilepsy since 2019. In 2019, she published the results of a population survey on the subject of epilepsy and a short film on first aid for an epileptic fit.
Previous presidents
- 1964–1967 Heinrich Landolt , Zurich
- 1967–1973 Michel Tchicaloff , Lavigny
- 1973–1979 Robert Schweingruber , Tschugg
- 1979 a. i. François Martin , Geneva
- 1979–1981 Rudolf Hess , Zurich
- 1981–1987 Franco Vassella , Bern
- 1988–1990 Meinrad Egli , Zurich
- 1990–1996 Heinz-Gregor Wieser , Zurich
- 1997–2001 Paul-André Despland , Lausanne
- 2001–2016 Günter Krämer , Zurich
- 2016–2020 Stephan Rüegg , Basel
- 2020- Barbara Tettenborn , St. Gallen
financing
The Epilepsy League is financed by membership fees, donations, sponsoring and, to a small extent, by service income; it does not receive any public grants with the exception of project funding from cantonal lottery funds.
history
The predecessor organization of the Epilepsy League was the "Swiss Aid Association for Epileptics" founded in Zurich in 1931. In 1963 it was converted into the "Swiss League Against Epilepsy" with new statutes. On January 1, 2016, the "Swiss League Against Epilepsy" was renamed the "Swiss Epilepsy League".
Web links
- Website
- Short film "First Aid"
- Pierre Arnold et al. a .: Update of the Transport Commission of the Swiss Epilepsy League: Fitness to drive with epilepsy In: Swiss Medical Forum 6 November 2019, pp. 737–740.
Individual evidence
- ↑ International League against Epilepsy (ILAE): Chapter Spotlight: Switzerland . Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ↑ Corinne Hodel: Young people in particular know little about epilepsy. In: 20 minutes. February 1, 2013, accessed January 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Andreas Möckli: A fatal bottleneck: In Switzerland there is a shortage of 600 drugs. In: Lucerne newspaper. October 29, 2019, accessed July 22, 2020 . Danger from drug shortages. In: Press release of the Epilepsy League. August 2019, accessed on July 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Population survey 2018: Attitudes towards epilepsy in Switzerland In: Leading Opinions Neurologie & Psychiatrie 5/2019, pp. 22–24.
- ↑ What to do in the event of an epileptic fit. In: persoenlich.com. December 16, 2019, accessed July 22, 2020 . ; Short film "First Aid". In: www.epi.ch. November 2019, accessed on July 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Epilepsy League with President for the first time In: Leading Opinions Neurologie & Psychiatrie 23.06.2020, p. 13.
- ^ Canton of Zurich, Finance Directorate: Contributions 2019. Lottery fund of the Canton of Zurich. 2019, accessed July 22, 2020 .
- ↑ H.-G. Again, K. Karbowski: History of the Swiss and International League Against Epilepsy. In: G. Krämer, H.-G. Wieser (Ed.) For the Swiss League Against Epilepsy: Epilepsie -bericht Schweiz 2002. Hippocampus-Verlag, Bad Honnef 2002, pp. 119–127.
- ↑ Annual Report 2015. (PDF) Swiss Epilepsy League, p. 21 , accessed on January 18, 2018 .