Epilepsy Warriors Foundation has appealed for enhanced integration of epilepsy and mental health disorders into existing primary and community health services as a way of increasing access to services for people with the conditions.
The appeal follows revelation that Malawi has over 500, 000 people who are suffering from epilepsy, which usually result into mental health disorders.
Chigamba addressing members of Chisomo Epilepsy Support Group at KCH in Lilongwe on Tuesday–Photo by Watipaso Mzungu, Nyasa Times
Epilepsy Warriors Foundation executive director, Samuel Chigamba, told Nyasa Times in Lilongwe on Tuesday that a recent study the organization conducted revealed that half a million people are living with the condition in Malawi.