21/12/2025
From Zambia to Tunisia: African neurologists chart renaissance despite chronic underfunding
When the World Health Organization released its first Global Report on Neurology 2025, the findings were stark: an estimated 3.4 billion people?around 42% of the world?s population?were found to be living with at least one neurological disorder, with diseases of the brain and nervous system identified as the leading global cause of illness and disability. Behind these headline figures lies a more complex reality in Africa, where nearly four-fifths of the global neurological burden is borne by countries with the fewest neurologists, laboratories, and research networks. Non-communicable neurological conditions such as epilepsy, Parkinson?s disease, and dementia have been increasingly...
