Updates to the Epilepsy Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List

Updates to the Epilepsy Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List

Updates to the Epilepsy Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List

Objectives:

Improve the development, management, awareness and uptake of the STGs and EML;
Improve understanding of HTA methodology and changes to the STGs and EML;
Expand the stakeholder database and develop lessons learned to improve communication;
Improve  equitable access and availability of essential medicines; and
Promote the rational use of medicines.

Questions/key issues to be covered:

Changes to the Epilepsy and Related Conditions’ STGs and EML for all levels of care
Paediatric Epilepsy Training Courses
Epilepsy Training in Adult Medicine
Completion of the Sodium Valproate Risk Form
 
Speakers:

Dr Renee de Waal
Research Officer

Prof Lesley Jane Robertson
Adjunct Professor: Department of Psychiatry, University of Witwatersrand
Head of Clinical Unit: Sedibeng District Specialist Mental Health Team

Prof Jo Wilmshurst
Head of Paediatric Neurology

Dr Manqoba Vusumuzi Gule
Consultant Neurologist

Ms Sasani Venus Chauke
Medicine Registration Officer

 

Video:

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Date
10 February 2026 - 01:00 pm
until
10 February 2026 - 03:00 pm
CPD points
2
Type
Medical
Topic
Pharmaceutical