A Holistic Approach to Neurological Care in Uganda

Learning about belief systems and ideas about healing in Uganda helped Duke global neurosurgeon Tony Fuller improve epilepsy care there. He, along with other Duke medical scientists from the Duke Global Health Institute, have expanded Uganda's neurological care on a wholistic — whole country — level. He visits Uganda as often as 12 times a year, his work ranging from partnering with the health ministry there and the major power company to ensure that lights stay on during neurosurgical procedures and blood can be stored in properly cooled facilities to making sure hospitals throughout the country have medications and services for patients with neurological issues. Read more here on their work. Also, a number of publications about the epilepsy research and work that they have done can be viewed here.