World Purple Day is an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing
awareness about epilepsy worldwide. On March 26th annually, people in
countries around the world are invited to wear purple and host events in
support of epilepsy awareness.
Cassidy Megan created the idea of Purple Day in 2008, motivated by her own struggles with epilepsy. Cassidy's goal is to get people talking about epilepsy in an effort to dispel myths and inform those with seizures that they are not alone. The Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia came on board in 2008 to help develop Cassidy's idea which is now known as the Purple Day for epilepsy campaign.(2)
The following practical points need to be remembered:
1. http://www.purpleday.org
2. http://www.indianepilepsycentre.com/faqs-incidence.html
Cassidy Megan created the idea of Purple Day in 2008, motivated by her own struggles with epilepsy. Cassidy's goal is to get people talking about epilepsy in an effort to dispel myths and inform those with seizures that they are not alone. The Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia came on board in 2008 to help develop Cassidy's idea which is now known as the Purple Day for epilepsy campaign.(2)
"I wanted people around the world to come together and teach others about epilepsy."Epilepsy is a global problem with developing countries suffering the most. It is estimated that the overall “incidence” of epilepsy (number of new cases observed over a fixed period of time) lies between 20 - 50 cases per year per 100,000 persons in a general population. The usual “prevalence” rate (number of persons with epilepsy during a specified time) is 500-1000 cases per 100,000 persons in the population. Going by these statistics, there will be about 200,000 to 500,000 new cases in the whole of India (for population about 120 crores). Similarly at the present time there may be approximately about 50-100 lakhs in whole of India (2)
The following practical points need to be remembered:
- One in 20 people will have an epileptic seizure at some point in their lives.
- One in 100-200 people in a general population has epilepsy at any given time.
- About 50–70% patients will develop epilepsy (have their first seizure) before the age of 18 years . Epilepsy is a major public health issue which requires lot of awareness to be created among people.
1. http://www.purpleday.org
2. http://www.indianepilepsycentre.com/faqs-incidence.html
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