World Federation of Neurology Emphasizes Importance in Brain Health Initiative Program
The World Federation of Neurology (WFN) has launched the Brain Health Initiative (BHI), a new program to enable major organizations, institutions, neurologists, patients, and caregivers to come together in support of a global need for brain health awareness.
"The Brain Health Initiative is intimately aligned with the mission of the World Federation of Neurology to foster brain health and quality neurology worldwide," said WFN president professor William Carroll. "We feel that it is essential for the interested public to be able to connect with the Federation and its constituent members in order to advocate and lobby for access to quality brain health and the means to obtain and maintain it. We hope that this campaign will inform the public, enabling them to do so. It serves as a call for advocacy around the world to increase the awareness and availability of quality brain health."
The program includes 5 individual units of a professionally produced video and supporting written materials. The BHI addresses the critical importance of brain health and provides actionable tips on how to fight to improve brain health.
"We are doing this on behalf of neurology, to define the importance of brain health not only to neurologists but also to institutions, politicians, and most of all, patients and caregivers," said professor Wolfgang Grisold, WFN secretary-general.
The Brain Health Initiative covers the following:
Unit 1: Introduction to Brain Health — Brain health underlies an individual's ability to communicate, make decisions, solve problems and live a healthy life.
Unit 2: What Happens When Brains Are Not Healthy — When the brain is not healthy, the human body and lifespan is impacted.
Unit 3: What to Know About Non-Communicable Neurological Diseases — Noncommunicable neurological diseases are not contagious and often characterized by prolonged courses, suboptimal prevention possibilities and incomplete cures.
Unit 4: The Global Impact of Brain Diseases and Disorders —This series seeks to understand the breadth of how these conditions impact economies by looking at access to care and treatment.
Unit 5: The Vital Roles of the Neurologist and Advocacy — Brain health advocacy is the intrinsic and altruistic action of those committed to both preventing brain disease and improving the outcomes of those living with brain disease.
The BHI is available for free and without registration to learn about individual health and the larger systems that impact the brain and overall health around the globe: https://wfneurology.org/brain-health-initiative.