Updates

COVID-19 continues to impact daily life in a multitude of ways across the globe. Our hearts go out to the people of India, where the current surge has reached new highs and re-shaped our initiative to improve epilepsy care in rural areas...

Uganda is a country where ROW wants to move the needle on reducing untreated epilepsy. This past month, we expanded our partnerships there to include Epilepsy Awareness Uganda (EAU). EAU was founded by...

There have been some exciting developments in our partnership in India, a country that has 1/6th of the people with epilepsy globally and treatment gaps as high as 90% in rural areas. Epilepsy is so stigmatized in parts of the country that...

The 2019 Global Epilepsy Report called attention to the pervasive lack of knowledge among healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in how to diagnose and treat people living with epilepsy. Training health care providers...

There’s no doubt that 2020 has been a challenging year for many people, including the people we serve. Since March, we’ve heard regular reports of medication supply chain interruptions, soaring prices and families struggling to afford food and other essentials.

Sadly, stigma around epilepsy often begins at a young age.It is pervasive in schools across many countries in which we work. Because of this, and because change often starts with the young, the ROW Foundation believes children are uniquely positioned to help defeat this longstanding stigma.

Helping people achieve their potential is a powerful thing. ROW is about addressing a key constraint for some; namely untreated epilepsy and associated psychiatric disorders. Those people with epilepsy in low-income countries face a wide range of challenges, which have been made worse by the pandemic.

Those of you who are new to ROW might not be aware of the backstory behind the foundation. So, this month we’ll take a look in the rearview mirror at our beginnings.

COVID-19 is impacting our world in dramatic and deadly ways, and those with medical conditions like epilepsy who live in under-resourced areas are among the hardest hit. These are some of the challenges our partners are reporting...