21
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Congrès de la PAANS – Grand-Bassam – 23-25 Avril 2014
21
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PAANS Congress – Grand-Bassam – April 2014, 23-25
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« AKWABA »
Dear Congresswomen and Congressmen,
In the name of the Local Organizating Committee (LOC), I wish the participants of the
21
st
congress of the PAANS : the traditional « AKWABA ! », welcome in Ivory Coast, at Grand-
Bassam, city full of history.
The topics of this 21
st
congress are related to diseases which have had spectacular
therapeutic progress but still often, remain unfortunately inaccessible or at the embryonic
stage in Africa. Particularly for strokes, neuropathic pains, sellar, parasellar tumors and some
epilepsies with the new generation of drugs against epilepsy, which have pushed back the
concept of pharmaco-resistant epilepsy.
As all the other congresses of the PAANS, this 21
st
congress remains a forum for sharing
experiences between African specialists and colleagues from other continents. It will also offer
a training of the young specialists in neurosciences thanks to the course in neurology and
neurosurgery, which will be held before the meeting. This course will be given by some experts
of the SFN, the SFNC and SNLF ; who we welcome with great pleasure and thank very
sincerely.
In the light of our african contexts, facing the increasing challenges met in the practice
of our specialities ; we have decided with the Executive Council to select an additional
objective in order to reach the international standards by identifying the best strategy. For
each main topic, the result of a survey in Africa will be followed by a conference delivered by
an expert on the current state of the Art.
The wish of the LOC is that this 21st congress of the PAANS leads to concrete actions to
move forward the situation of neurology and neurosurgery in Africa. This is why, dear African
congresswomen and congressmen, I would like to urge us to resolutely adopt a dynamic and
concrete attitude through the congresses of the PAANS with the principle of a follow-up and a
regular evaluation of our work every 2 years during the next meetings of our association.
Have a great and fruitful work session !
Enjoy your stay in Côte d’Ivoire !
Pr SONAN- DOUAYOUA Thérèse
President
Local Organizating Committee
Ivorian Society of Neurology