BELIEFS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH EPILEPSY IN THE ACCRA METROPOLIS, GHANA

Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder that briefly interrupts the normal electrical activity of the brain to cause seizures [1]. Roughly 50 million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy, which accounts for 0.5% of the global burden of disease [2]. Epilepsy directly affects around 10 million people in Africa [2], with its highest prevalence in poor countries including countries in sub-Saharan Africa [3]. The incidence of epilepsy in Ghana is believed to be high as compared to the sub-Saharan African region [4].

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