Objectives:

1. To explore issues of stigma, knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about epilepsy and access to healthcare services experienced by people with epilepsy

2. To identify gaps in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy

3. To identify patient-centric understanding of the causation of epilepsy

4. To assess Mentors with animals as a risk factor for acquired epilepsy

5. To identify clinical, zoonotic and environmental, risk factors associated with acquired epilepsy and seropositivity for Taenia solium and Toxoplasma gondi.