Treatment and prevention of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas is urgently needed.

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"Funding Funding for the 2nd International workshop on OAE was provided by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), grant number G0A0522N, the University of Antwerp, and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF). JNSF received funding from the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), grant number: 1296723N. M-GB acknowledges funding from the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis (MR/X020258/1), funded by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC). This UK-funded award is carried out in the frame of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking. The funders had no role in the decision to publish, or manuscript preparation."