Lack of antiepileptic drugs hurts awareness, treatment efforts in Zambia
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite an international effort to raise awareness about epilepsy in resource-poor nations, a recently published study found nearly 50 percent of pharmacies in Zambia do not carry antiepileptic drugs, seriously hampering efforts to tackle one of the most cost-effective chronic conditions to treat.