Towards A Rare Brain Disease Ecosystem Rare Disease Day 2025 | 'More than you can imagine' The Rare Disease Day event 2025, organised by the European Brain Council (EBC), was held on February 20, 2025. The event gathered researchers, clinicians, policymakers, industry representatives and patient advocacy groups to address [...]
Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Seattle, WA: IHME, 2022. Les troubles cérébraux sont la principale cause d’invalidité dans le monde, devant le cancer et les maladies cardiovasculaires. En l’espace de trente ans, le nombre de cas a augmenté de 64% [...]
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Since the war in Ukraine began, the European Brain Council has been monitoring the situation closely and looking to identify ways it could provide support. The situation on the ground has had- and will continue to have - tremendous impact on the mental wellbeing of people, as well as immense disruption on regular, life-saving [...]
Pedro Manuel Palma Leal Ortiz de Montellano VICE-PRESIDENT We remember our dear colleague, Pedro Montellano, who unexpectedly passed away on 2 October, 2015. Pedro was the Vice-President of the European Brain Council and President of Gamian-Europe, the Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Network. He was also a Board member, Executive Director and [...]
