The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) will facilitate coordination among the countries and institutions involved and also provide technical assistance. PAHO/WHO Regional Mental Health Project in coordination with the PAHO/WHO Representation in Honduras, will manage the technical advisory required to support the country during the project. The GCAE experts will provide their technical expertise during the planning, implementation and monitoring phases of the project. The University of Honduras experts will provide technical expertise and supervisory support to the project. They will be the project’s investigators and will participate in its implementation. An Advisory Panel has been established including experts from the above mentioned partners. All participating institutions, with PAHO/WHO’s support, agreed to develop the technical cooperation plan within the expected schedule and comply with all relevant responsibilities. They also commit to conduct a formal evaluation of the execution of the project and its results, as well as develop a final report documenting its impact and experiences. The project funding will be ensured through the participation of the Honduran Ministry of Health and PAHO/WHO. PAHO/WHO will provide the funds described in the project in accordance with the rules and procedures established in Honduras
Results The study population was 9864 people, and the Prevalence found for active epilepsy was 7.7/1000
EEG at out-patient clinic
and 6.5/1000 and 1.22/1000 for inactive epilepsy. The prevalence by gender was for women 4.3/1000 and for men 3.4 / 1000; the treatment gap for active epilepsy was 48.4%. This is a pilot demonstrative study in Honduras, Central America following the WHO model to determine the treatment gap of epilepsy. The high treatment gap found should be used to implement public health measures in this area aimed at reducing the treatment gap. Recently the next Phase was initiated aiming at the reduction of the treatment gap, with the support of the Ministry of Health and the Neurology training Programme.
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