In 1998, over 100 leaders of European professional and lay bodies, representatives of the World Health Organisation and health experts from governments and universities came together under the auspices of the ILAE/IBE/WHO Global Campaign against Epilepsy to discuss and adopt a European Declaration on Epilepsy. As part of the Declaration, Member States were urged to support the publication of a White Paper and a Call to Action as a detailed public health statement on epilepsy in Europe.

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