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Registration: Registration is nowopen and available online via theCongress website or by submission of ahard copy registration form. If you wish toreceive a hard copy of the registration

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Scientific Program: On each day ofthe Congress there will be major themesincluding stroke, multiple sclerosis,epilepsy, dementia, movement disorders,neurological infections, headache andpain. In addition to the main themes,

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In this article, I would like to supplementthe year-end report, published in thisissue of World Neurology, with furthercomments on the work of theManagement Committee, the mission ofthe WFN, preparation for the forthcomingWorld Congress of Neurology, andregional scientific meetings in which Iparticipated. The Management Com-mittee is empowered to act on behalf ofthe Council of Delegates between theAnnual General Meetings of the Council.

This committee consists of three officers:President; First Vice-President; andSecretary-Treasurer General; and threeElected and one Co-opted Trustees, allfrom different countries. Each Trustee isassigned to one or two specific tasks aschairs of committees. I am proud of theprogress we have made during the pastyear as the Trustees collectively pursuedthe mission of WFN very well. We allspend a considerable amount of time in

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France bid for WCN 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Mexico bid for WCN 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

WFN Annual Reports, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

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Madrid Bid for WCN 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

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The countdown for the November 2005World Congress of Neurology hasbegun. The important dates are an-nounced in this issue. It will be a memo-rable conference in the remarkable sur-roundings of the Olympic city of Sydney.The convention centre overlooks DarlingHarbour, a most picturesque venue for ameeting amidst several other importanttourist attractions. The organizers areexpecting a record number of delegates.Book your flights and hotel accommoda-tion at the earliest to avoid a last minuterush.

“The Scientific Programme Committeehave prepared an innovative, stimulatingand rewarding programme complement-ed by a greatly subsidized teachingcourse to be held on the weekend of 5thand 6th November 2005. Social eventstoo will be exciting and memorable. Theprofits of the congress go to support theWFN and its global mission, especiallyeducational programmes in less devel-oped countries of the world. The 150bursaries offering free registration toyoung neurologists from suchregions are part of this endeavor. Donot miss this once in a lifetime opportuni-ty to combine a sensational educationalexperience in the vibrant but safe loca-tion of Sydney in Australia.” These arethe words which have been echoed byWFN President Jun Kimura and byWilliam Carroll, President of theCongress, in a communication to theEditor, World Neurology. Please spread

this information to your colleagues andfriends.

The countdown has also begun for thosecountries bidding for the World Congressin 2009. The salient features of each pro-posed venue for this conference aredepicted in the ads of the three coun-tries. A few more countries which havesent in bids are expected to feature theirattractions in the next issue of WorldNeurology. All are exciting places withoutstanding infrastructures. We willknow, in November this year at Sydney,which prospective country the Council ofDelegates has voted for to hold the 2009conference. The conference in Sydneythis year and the one in 2009 are themajor activities and responsibilities of theWFN which is growing at a steady pace;but remarkable achievements have alsobeen made in the training of neurologistsin “have-not” countries.

The Annual Reports of the officers, chair-persons of various WFN committees andthe two Editors are also included in thisissue. Readers will get first hand infor-mation about the outstanding contribu-tions made by the WFN in the last year.Everyone seems to have excelled in theirperformance which has resulted in a fur-ther strengthening of the WFN-an organ-ization which more and more is also co-ordinating its activities with WHO.

Prof. Franz Gerstenbrand from Austriaorganized a one-day symposium,‘Advances in Neurology’ with the help ofProf. Mi Mi Cho, the WFN National

Delegate of Myanmar, at Mandalay, thesecond largest city in this country afterYangon. The faculty for this one-dayteaching programme came from Austria,Germany, Israel, India, Myanmar & theUSA. I had the privilege of participatingin this symposium as a speaker at theinvitation of the organizers. This vastcountry, with a length and breadth of2,200 and 950 KM respectively, has apopulation of approx. 52 million. Thereare 17,446 medical doctors but only 9neurologists for the entire population,70% of which resides in rural areas. Theteaching programme was attended byapproximately 400 members of the med-ical fraternity and it was the first course inNeurology to take place with the blessingof the WFN President, Jun Kimura andthe Chairman of the EducationCommittee, Ted Munsat. It is almostimpossible for the nine neurologists whoare based in the two major cities to lookafter the needs of this vast population,some of which resides in the remote jun-gles. The country needs more trainedneurologists and there is a dire need forthe WFN to come forward and adopt thiscountry also into its education pro-gramme.

Jagjit S. Chopra, FRCP, PhDEditor-in-Chief

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there will be numerous parallel scientificsessions on topics such as “Terrorismand the Neurologist”.

Each day will begin with a range ofoptional Breakfast Sessions thenFrontiers of Neuroscience Lectures delivered by key speakers.

Harbourside Debates will be held inthe afternoons on contentious topicssuch as “Has Genotype ReplacedPhenotype in Neurological Diagnosis?”and “The Hammer and Pin Neurologist isa Dinosaur in 2005”.

Tournament of the Minds will beone of the highlights of WCN 2005.Designed to both educate and amuse,teams will compete with each other inanswering questions across a range ofneurological topics in a challenging and

interactive setting. If you wish to partici-pate, please contact your local MemberSociety who will be coordinating yournational team. For further details, pleasevisit the WCN2005 website or email:[email protected]

Abstract Submission in now avail-able online via the Congress Website—please visit wcn2005.com for instruc-tions. If, for any reason, you are unable tosubmit online please contact the Cong-ress Secretariat and they will providedetails on alternative submission meth-ods. Email: [email protected]

Celebrating Neurology—AnOpening Spectacular. The OpeningCeremony and Welcome Reception willbe held on Sunday, 6 November.Reflecting the theme, significance andheritage of the World Congress and all

participating nations, the OpeningSpectacular will feature a theatrical jour-ney into the history of Neurology.

The Sydney Opera HouseSpectacular will be held on Tuesday,8 November. Participants have an oppor-tunity to visit the magnificent SydneyOpera House to attend an exclusive per-formance in the acclaimed Concert Hall.

The Congress Party will be a relaxedand informal event taking you on a fasci-nating and exciting exploration throughmany themed Australian environments.

For further information on the Congress,visit www.wcn2005.com or contact theCongress Secretariat by Phone: +6129241 1478, Fax: +612 9251 3552 oremail: [email protected]

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carrying out various WFN activities,which keeps us rather busy. I considermyself very fortunate to have a congenialgroup to work with.

We have developed various strategies toconduct missions of our organization ingeneral and to execute global programsfor clinical neurologists in particular. Asstated in the annual report from me andothers, our objective centers on the edu-cation of physicians in developing coun-tries to improve patient care of neurolog-ical disorders. The Education Com-mittee, under the direction of Ted Munsat,runs many successful projects, such asCME projects now subscribed by 30member societies, using Continuum as avehicle, which AAN generously donatesfor our use. Despite the hectic schedule,we enjoy the experience of workingtogether with representatives of manymember societies, who coordinate thelocal sessions.

The next World Congress of Neurologywill take place in Sydney on November 5-11, 2005 with William Carroll andGeoffrey Donnan as President andChairman. The Program Committee hasprovided participants with multiple op-portunities to interact through discussionof presentations, which include breakfastsessions, frontiers of neuroscience lec-tures, main themes, harborside debatesand evening satellites. Such interactionsgenerate ideas for future research collab-

oration among participants, and newapproaches for studying patients with themost common neurological conditions.Congress participants and their compan-ions will enjoy extensive social programs,as well as tour opportunities whichabound in a country famous for its greatnatural beauty.

During this interim, I visited Beirut to par-ticipate in the First InternationalLebanese meeting held on November17-20, 2004. The conference was organ-ized by the Lebanese Society ofNeurology with Dr. Kamal Kallab asPresident, and Lebanese League AgainstEpilepsy with Dr. Naji Riachi as President.The meeting, attended by a number ofinternational speakers, attracted a largegroup of participants locally and from

neighboring countries. The program con-sisted of an appropriate mixture of teach-ing sessions on fundamental issues ofneurosciences as well as recent develop-ments in clinical neurology. I was im-pressed by the quality of scientific pres-entation and enjoyed the social events.

I then went to Brazil to attend the 8thJornada Paulista de NeurofisiologiaClinica organized by Drs. GibertoMayzano and Joao Nobrega in SaoPaulo on November 25-27, 2004. I pre-sented lectures and ran skills workshopson various techniques used in this disci-pline in which I specialize. These bienni-al teaching sessions, which I have hadthe pleasure of participating in regularlyduring the past several years, serve as avery important vehicle to keep neurolo-gists informed of recent progress in thefield of neurophysiology.

Toward the end of the year, I represent-ed the WFN at the First InternationalNeurology Forum held in Vietnam. Thisunique conference was organized byDr. Daniel Truong, a member of theWFN Publications & Website Commit-tee. A total of 130 participants camefrom Thailand, Philippines, India, Singa-pore, Germany, France, Israel, Hungary,Japan and United States. It was amost timely event which broughttogether a large international faculty ofneurology to promote better patientcare in this part of the world, which washitherto remote to all of us. I wish tothank the Vietnam Society of Neurologyfor inviting us, and hope that it will notbe too long before this organizationjoins the WFN as a member society.

Jun Kimura, MDPresident, WFN

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1st International Lebanese Meeting—Nov. 17-20, 2004 (from left to right): Said Bouhlega(Saudi Arabia), Naji Riachi (Lebanon), Asmahan Shubayli (Kuwait), Kamal Kallab(Lebanon), Jun Kimura (Japan), Riad Khalifee (Lebanon), Salim Atrouni, (Lebanon),Paul Bejjani, (Lebanon), Sami Harik (USA), Kamel Ezzeddine (Lebanon).

8th Jornada Paulista de Neurofisiologia Clinica in Sao Paulo (from left to the right): JoaoAris Kouyoumdjian, Ylmar Correa Neto (Brazil), Joao Antonio Maciel Nobrega, Jose H.Xavier de Castro, Jun Kimura, Osvaldo J. Nacimento, Gilberto M. Manzano, WilsonMarques Junior

IN MEMORIAMWorld Neurology has the sad task of reporting the passing of Dr. Donald Paty, a stal-wart supporter of the WFN for many years and Secretary-General of the 1993 WorldCongress of Neurology, held in Vancouver.

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Report of the President

As the third of my four-year term hascome to a close, I am pleased to reportthat we have made a steady progress onall fronts. The Trustees and committeechairs will detail their activities in theirrespective reports. I have also describedvarious changes in the way we run theWFN in the quarterly President Columnsof World Neurology. Thus, it suffices herefor me to briefly summarize the majorevents of the year and the main thrusts ofour decisions that impact the futuredirection of our organization.

This year's AGM was held in conjunctionwith the annual meeting of the EuropeanFederation of Neurological Societies(EFNS) conference, which took place inParis on September 5-8, 2004. TheCouncil of Delegates (COD) re-electedJulian Bogousslavsky as a Trustee for asecond term of three years. He willremain as Chair of the Structure andFunction Committee as well as theFundraising Committee. Marianne deVisser, Chair of the MembershipCommittee, proposed Iraq, Paraguay,and Zambia as new member societies,which COD accepted unanimously. Iwish to thank Marianne for a job welldone, and welcome the three new mem-ber societies. I am particularly happy tohave the Iraq Society of Neurology joinus despite the continued political turmoil,which makes the practice of neurologydifficult. I look forward to working withthe new members for further develop-ment of neurological education in theirrespective regions. The COD, after care-ful discussion, also approved, in princi-ple, the Trustees' proposal to hire a

Brussels-based Professional Manage-ment Company based on a site-visitreport submitted by the Officers of WFN.We are currently in the final stage ofnegotiation with the firm in the hope ofcompleting the agreement in time for thenext budgetary cycle.

Throughout the year the Trustees heldmonthly 90-minute telephone confer-ences, which worked very well in sortingout day to day operations of our organi-zation. Some issues of a complicatednature and important implications, how-ever, deserved a face to face discussion.These included: 1) Possible change instructure and function of Secretariat nowlocated in London, 2) Fund raising activ-ities and relationship between WFN andWorld Neurology Foundation set up inthe US by the immediate Past President,James Toole, and succeeded by AntonioCulebras, 3) New roles of RegionalDirectors as the representatives of fiveregional groups (Asian Oceanic, PanAmerican, Pan Arab, Pan African, andEuropean) to improve their interactionwith WFN, and 4) closer relationship withWHO as an important partner for ourmission. Thus, the Trustees met in per-son during the April meeting of theAmerican Academy of Neurology in SanFrancisco, and again in Septembershortly before the COD meeting in Paris.The Officers also went to Brussels inAugust to visit GIC, the professionalmanagement company recommendedby Julien Bogousslavsky, Chair of theStructure and Function Committee. Aspecial Trustees meeting then took placein December at the London headquar-ters to prepare for partnership negotia-tion as approved by the COD in Paris.

Ted Munsat and his EducationCommittee have organized a number ofsuccessful projects. These include CMEactivities, ably assisted by MonicaBrough, residency training program inHonduras directed by Marco Medina,and Visiting Professorship in Zambiaspearheaded by Gretchen Birbeck. Allthese have taken a great deal of effortand finesse on the part of all personnel incharge, including Keith Newton andSusan Bilger, the Administrator and theassistant in the London Office. I washappy to read a recent AmericanAcademy of Neurology publication,“Neurology Today”, which featured theWFN education programs. In responseto this article, we have received a sur-prising number of offers from neurolo-gists in developed countries who wish todonate their time to help others. We arehappy that so many distinguishedexperts are willing to volunteer for ourcause, which enables us to extend ourZambia experience to other needy mem-ber societies.

Another important development relatesto the publication of an “Atlas of CountryResources for Neurological Disorders” asurvey skillfully conducted by Johan Aarliand the members of the Public RelationsCommittee. This project, initiated byWHO, came to fruition through the workof WFN delegates representing thenational neurological societies.Neurologists world-wide now haveaccess to this atlas, which provides infor-mation on the structure, complexity andlevels of neurological service in variouscountries. This unique global reviewconstitutes the most comprehensivecompilation of neurological care andresources in the world.

To mention other developments briefly, Iam happy to report that the preparationfor the Sydney congress is progressingsmoothly thanks to the hard work of allconcerned. William Carroll, President ofthe Congress, and a Trustee of WFN,also served as the liaison between theFederation and the host society inSydney, providing a critical link betweenthe two organizations.

Last but not least, I should mention thatWFN enjoyed a healthy financial bal-ance, which was skillfully managed byour Secretary-Treasurer General, RichardGodwin-Austen, who handles all thebudgeting matters. Based on his recom-mendation we have carefully executedthe spending for various projects while

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WFN Development UpdateWe are pleased to acknowledge the following supporters who have provided financial assistance to the WFN between September and January 2005.

Dr. Robert Ackerman, Dr. Sidney Bender, Dr. Henry Nino.

Canadian Neurological Society, in support of continuing medical education forneurologists in Hungary and Cuba.

Dutch Neurological Society, in support of the Honduran Neurology TrainingProgramme.

Taiwan Neurological Society, in support of continuing medical education for neurologists in Asia.

Individuals, organizations, and corporations interested in supporting the WFN'sefforts to promote neurological care in developing countries can learn more aboutcurrent needs by contacting Dr. Carrie Becker at [email protected] or+1(802) 483- 2806.

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maintaining an adequate reserve.

Jun Kimura, MDPresident, WFN

Report of the First VicePresident andChairman of the PublicRelations and WHOLiaison CommitteeThis committee shall consider matterspertaining to public awareness of theWorld Federation of Neurology, and worktoward a closer co-operation with theWorld Health Organization (WHO) bypromoting the care of patients with nerv-ous system disorders and formulatingappropriate strategies for the preventionand control of non-communicable andcommunicable neurological diseases.

Neurology Atlas. The most time-con-suming activity in 2004 has been to assistWHO in the preparation of the Atlas ofcountry resources for neurological disor-ders (“Neurology Atlas”), a catalogue ofthe neurological resources on a globalscale. The Atlas presents data from 109countries spanning all six WHO regionsand covers over 90% of the world popu-lation. The frequency of some neurologi-cal disorders, both in primary care and inspecialist care has been estimated, andthe number of neurological beds is com-pared. The Atlas also presents data forthe number of neurologists, neurosur-

geons, neuropaediatricians and neuro-logical nurses as well as therapeuticdrugs available in primary care and thelevel of subspecialized neurological serv-ices (neuroradiology, stroke centres). Itprovides information on the level of neurological training, financing for neuro-logical services, disability benefits, neu-rological information-gathering systemsand neurological associations and nongovernmental organizations for neurology.

A World Health Report on Neuro-logical Disorders? WHO is planninga World Health Report on NeurologicalDisorders. It will be based upon theNeurology Atlas and focus on neurology,especially in developing countries. WFNis invited to join in the preparation of thisreport. The aim is to raise the awarenessamong politicians on the relevance ofneurology and to change the minds ofpoliticians to allocate funds for the careof patients with neurological disorders.

Representation of neurology atthe WHO. The committee feels it impor-tant to invest in the representation of neu-rology at the WHO. The Director-General,Mr. Jong-Wook Lee, has predicted aclearer visibility for the neurological disor-ders and neurosciences component inthe Department of Mental Health andSubstance Dependence. The annualmeeting with non-governmental organi-zations (NGO) from neurosciences waspostponed until December 2004. At thatmeeting, the development of WHO andits consequences were presented to rep-resentatives of the NGOs from the neuro-sciences. WHO has recently invited WFNto join a consortium to cover extra costsrelated to the 1-2 year project on a World

Health Report on Neurological Disorders(see above). This is now under discus-sion among the Trustees.

Neurological Regional Associa-tions and Regional Directors

Most regions have developed strongregional neurological associations. Thereis a need for a closer contact betweenWFN and the neurological regions. Theregional directors should be responsiblefor liaising with the WHO regional officesin order to assist in the identification ofareas where there is a need for cam-paigns aimed at the prevention of neuro-logical disease and to provide informa-tion on neurological disorders in theregion. It has been proposed that WFNorganize regional meetings together withthe local societies with part of the timedirected to diseases of special neurolog-ical disorders important for that region.The regional directors will also have acentral role in organising regional WFNcongresses. Such congresses shouldtake place in the intervening yearsbetween the World Congresses ofNeurology at four-year intervals.

Johan A. Aarli, MDNorway

Report of the Secretary-Treasurer General The Finance Committee met at theMarriott Hotel, San Francisco onWednesday 28th April during the annualconference of the American Academy ofNeurology. Although I had to present myapologies, present were Drs A Portera-Sanchez (Chairman), F Boller, ACulebras, R Daroff, M Hallett and AKorczyn. Staff in attendance were KeithNewton and Susan Bilger. A perennialproblem for all committees is how to con-duct their business on a regular basis.Conference calls have been adopted bythe Trustees, and other committees areencouraged to make use of them too,both to maintain contact and on eco-nomic grounds. However, there is no realsubstitute for debating issues around atable and international congresses,where committee members are register-ing in any case, present the ideal oppor-tunity for meetings to be arranged. A fur-

GLAXOSMITHKLINE JUNIOR TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIPS—2005

GlaxoSmithKline are again generously providing funding for a number of Junior

Travelling Fellowships for young neurologists from developing countries to travel

to a WFN approved meeting in 2005. Applicants should hold a post not above that

of Associate Professor and should not be over the age of 42 years. Applications

should include the name and dates of the proposed meeting to be attended, a CV

and bibliography and a letter of recommendation from the Head of the applicant's

department. The applicant should indicate if a paper or poster is to be presented

at the meeting, and include a copy of the abstract and letter of acknowledgment.

An estimate of expenses, to a maximum of £1,000, should be made. Applications

should be sent to the WFN office by 16th May 2005. Awards will be announced in

mid June.




ther small Meeting of the FinanceCommittee was held at the EFNSMeeting in Paris in September 2004. It isrecognised that the role of the committeeis advisory to the Trustees who carry theformal responsibility in law for the propermanagement of the finances of theorganization. With that in mind, theTrustees have agreed that any items aris-ing from their deliberations that mayhave significant financial implicationsshould be sent to the FinanceCommittee for their consideration. Anyrecommendation that the committeemight make would be passed back tothe Trustees for their final decision.

Unlike the previous year when there weremajor difficulties with the auditors' pro-ducing the accounts in time, no suchproblems occurred this year and all areagreed that the new auditors employedby the Federation are a great improve-ment. They were unanimously re-appointed at the Paris Council meeting.

Our investment policy continues to be tokeep £1 million in reserves, to provide aregular income. The cash position is fair-ly healthy, with about £250,000 in aCorporate Diamond Reserve account atour bank. The annual budget allows fora deficit of almost £100,000, but there isalways a carry over of funds in ouraccounts from year to year and we con-tinue to look to each four-yearly WorldCongress to generate sufficient surplusto absorb this annual excess. This com-ing year, 2005, should see the beginningof a new approach to WFN finances aswe embark on a relationship with a pro-fessional management company to runour affairs. High on the list of tasks willbe fund-raising and development inorder to support more and more pro-grammes and raise the Federation's pro-file both among neurologists and thegeneral public.

There has been a welcome new depar-ture during the year in the form of sub-stantial donations made by some of ourbetter-resourced national member soci-eties to their less affluent colleagues.Dollar contributions have been receivedfrom both Taiwan and Canada, the latterin support of the WFN CME programmesin Cuba and Hungary. The WFNNeurology Training Programme inHonduras has benefited from the gen-erosity of the Netherlands Society ofNeurology who presented a cheque foreuro 10,000 at the Council of Delegatesmeeting in Paris. We encourage other

societies to seriously consider followingthis example.

The Horowitz Memorial Fund also donat-ed $5,000 to Honduras, adding to agrowing impact of the WFN programmeon the practice of our specialty in thisregion of the globe. Our prime means ofcommunication to our members, WorldNeurology, again received a grant of£30,000 from the Japan Foundation forNeuroscience and Mental Health. Forthese and all other donations, great andsmall, we record our sincere thanks.

R B Godwin-Austen, MD, FRCPSecretary-Treasurer General

Report of the EducationCommittee The WFN Education Committee has hadan active year enlarging and establishingnew and existing programs. The CMEProgram continues to expand and attractnew members, while the Book Programhas undergone a rapid expansion both inmembers and donations during 2004.The Zambia project continues to matureand attract applicants to its VisitingProfessor Program and the NeurologyTraining Program in Honduras is begin-ning to have a significant impact on theneurological health of the country. Inaddition, a pilot trial of a new VisitingProfessor program was established inautumn 2004.

WFN CME Program: The CMEProgram continues to attract interestfrom low resource countries in need ofupdated information. There are now 36member countries with Cameroon,Colombia, Iraq, Kenya, Macedonia,Yemen and Zambia having joined in2004. The latest mailing of Continuumtook place on 18 January of the titles“Epilepsy”, “Multiple Sclerosis” and“Neurological Complications ofSubstance Abuse”. The AAN hasagreed to increase the number ofContinuum courses provided to us from200 to 400 copies.. This took effect fromthe July 2004 mailing. Over 750 certifi-cates of participation were awarded in2004. Certificates are now additionallyawarded to Education Coordinators afterthree years service and to Discussion

Group leaders and facilitators once ayear.

In June 2004, Elsevier (Netherlands)generously offered 100 complimentarysubscriptions to the Journal of theNeurological Sciences. Distribution ofthese began in September 2004 directfrom Elsevier, to some of the most activemembers in the CME program at thetime—Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Russia,Serbia, Syria, Turkey and Uruguay.Recipients will be reviewed annually.From the feedback provided on evalua-tion forms, members indicate that theyremain very satisfied with the program.At the December 2004 meeting of theExecutive Committee, it was reportedthat Abi Sriharan, Scholar in Residenceat the Peter A. Silverman Centre forInternational Health, Mount SinaiHospital, Canada, is to carry out a studyon the CME Program as part of her M.Sc.degree. This development was enthusi-astically received by the Committee and the conclusions may well haveimportant implications for future program directives.

WFN Book Program: A rapid expan-sion of the Book Program has occurredin 2004. There are now 31 membersworldwide. Donations have been receiv-ed on an individual basis from WFNmembers and from heads of neurologi-cal departments in the United States andEurope. These have included donationsfrom Dr David Coulter (U.S.) to St.Petersburg; Dr Adrian Jarquin-Valdivia(U.S.) to Hungary, Peru, Slovenia andUruguay (ongoing), Dr Jock Murray(Canada) to Cuba (ongoing); ProfessorJulien Bogousslavsky (Switzerland) toHonduras and Uganda; ProfessorHermann Stefan (Germany) to 12 mem-ber countries. Donations have been verymuch appreciated by recipients and theWFN is grateful to all donors.

In addition to individual donations, therehave been a large number of booksreceived from publishers during 2004.Books have been shipped to programmembers from Demos PublishingIncorporated, Oxford University Press,Cambridge University Press and Elsevier(U.S.). Elsevier (NL) made two dona-tions, the most recent being a very largedonation of over 2,500 books. The titlesinclude over 900 copies of various vol-umes of Handbook of Clinical Neurology.Many books were distributed at the endof November 2004, the remainder areplanned for shipment early in 2005. The

WFN is very grateful for all donationsfrom publishers which are making a sig-nificant difference to program members.

WFN Visiting Professor Program:Following an article in Neurology Todaythat gave details of the WFN educationprograms, enquiries were received froma number of neurologists wishing to vol-unteer for Visiting Professorships inneedy countries. A pilot trial of the pro-gram was given Trustees' approval in theautumn of 2004. Twelve expressions ofinterest were received and 7 CV's sub-mitted. The skills and experience of thechosen applicants will be matched to therequirements of the host countries.These have been identified as Argentinaand Hungary, both very enthusiasticmembers of the CME program. Theyhave submitted a timetable of the clini-cal/teaching activities they can offer,together with any special requirements,to the WFN. Successful applicants willbe put into contact with host countriesand hopefully embark on their professor-ship during the early months of 2005.These will be of not less than 2 weeksduration but the exact time will dependupon the commitments of the VisitingProfessor and the host country's require-ments.

WFN Educational Program inZambia: Under the direction of DrGretchen Birbeck this program continuesto mature and increase in popularity. DrFriedman's appointment had been themost successful to date, and applica-tions for the next round have beenreceived and are being considered.Other neighbouring countries are alsobecoming interested in establishing sim-ilar programs, and Dr Birbeck's proposalto organize a second program in Malawi,was upheld by the Education ExecutiveCommittee.

Training in Developing Count-ries:i. Honduras—Established in 1998, theneurology training program in Hondurascontinues to mature and is now having asignificant impact on the neurologicalhealth of the Honduran population.Patient care has improved and the mortality rate especially from epilepsyhas been reduced. In addition to havinga positive impact on neurological healthin Honduras, the program has alsoestablished a model that can be used inother developing countries where a similar program may be appropriate. ii. Neurology Training

Programs—Applications were re-ceived for funding of training programsfrom Guatemala, The Netherlands andSouth Africa, and Uganda. After consid-eration by the WFN's EducationExecutive Committee, Uganda's applica-tion was put forward for support subjectto amendments in the proposal submit-ted by Dr Edward Ddumba. Dr Ddumba,together with the Ministry of Health andMakerere University, hopes to consoli-date the program in Uganda through afive year training for neurologists, togeth-er with popularizing and developing neu-rological services throughout Uganda.

WFN Education Program Deve-lopment: The outcomes of WFNEducation Program Fundraising activitiesin 2004 included:

The development of marketing andinformational materials for WFN edu-cation programs. These materialstogether with WFN staff communica-tions helped continue to enhance theunderstanding of international neuro-logical societies and individual neurol-ogists worldwide about WFN educa-tion programs.The development of funding partner-ships between the CanadianNeurological Association and WFNContinuing Medical Education pro-grams in Hungary and Cuba, theDutch Neurological Society andHonduran Neurology TrainingProgram, and the Spanish Neuro-logical Society and Latin Americanprogram regions. In addition, theEducation Committee has pendingcommitments for program supportfrom the Australian NeurologicalSociety, Association of BritishNeurologists, and Icelandic Neuro-logical SocietyDirect financial support from theHorowitz Foundation (target: Researchof residents in Honduras), DutchNeurological Society (target: Hon-duran Training Program), CanadianNeurological Society (target: Con-tinuing Medical Education in Cuba andHungary), the Australian NeurologicalSociety (program to be determined),and individual neurologists.

WFN Education Program Developmentgoals for 2005 include:

support and promotion of establishedfunding partnerships Development and support of newfunding partnerships that serve lowresource countries between the WFNand neurological societies and neurol-

ogy associations, individual neurolo-gists, and private trusts and founda-tions

Theodore Munsat, M.D. Chair, WFN Education

CommitteeReport of the Chairmanof the Publications andWebsite Committee Signature of the JNS ContractA new contract with Elsevier for theJournal of the Neurological Sciences hasbeen signed. It is a very good contract,providing double the amount of royaltiesand it will help the Journal's visibility.Elsevier has one journal that receives alot of money from advertising; hopefullyJNS can do the same. No goals foradvertising or revenue were contained inthe contract, though Elsevier included anaddendum defining the gross revenue asinclusive of advertisements. It was there-fore proposed to send them a letter, say-ing that WFN would like to see a 10%increase in revenue.

The Council of Delegates agreed inSeptember that a professional manage-ment company, GIC, should be hiredpending a satisfactory contractual agree-ment, so now negotiations will be begin-ning. GIC has not seen the Elsevier con-tract and if WFN does proceed withthem, the question arises of how the twowill interact. GIC will need to be informedabout what is planned for the journal andthe newsletter and it is thought wise thatthe two journals, the office and thePublications Committee should interact.Although GIC do not know anythingabout our publishing contracts, theyclaim to be able to make better dealswith publishers. In this case, however, itis too late as a contract for 10 years hasalready been signed.

Appointment of a Sub-Committee to select a DeputyEditor for World Neurology.Following the decision made at the SanFrancisco meeting to appoint a Sub-Committee to select a Deputy Editor forWorld Neurology, it was proposed thatthe Sub-Committee membership should

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be comprised of Drs P Antuono (Chair), JMasdeu and D Truong. The recommen-dation is that the Deputy Editor should (i)become the future Editor and (ii) increasethe ties between the Journal of theNeurological Sciences and WorldNeurology.

It is thought World Neurology has thepotential to make money because of itsdistribution to all neurologists but that,until now, this potential has not been fullyexploited. First, the Committee suggestsa slight increase in the number of reviewarticles. Also, it should be possible tosubmit an article to JNS and then includea synopsis of it in World Neurology. Afterconsultation with Dr Antuono, Dr Lisakand Dr Chopra, it has been decided thatDr Alex Tselis will be appointed to theEditorial Board of both JNS and WN; onan experimental basis, he will prepare a1,000 word (one page) summary of JNS'smain highlights for each issue of WN.Both of the association managementcompanies that were short listed by WFNsaid that World Neurology could be self-supporting with advertisements. TheJapan Foundation, as current sponsors,is in agreement that advertisements maybe accepted in World Neurology, provid-ed the advertising is appropriate.

Review of proposal for ADADreceived from Lippincott There is now a new person at Lippincott,F Hill Slowinski, with whom we are deal-ing. The Research Group has not beenvery active for a while and has stoppedreceiving dues. The most recent royal-ties were received 6 years ago, but thereis a good chance of getting them againnow. The journal has not been doingvery well in terms of subscriptions but theWFN logo is still being used. It wasthought that WFN should ask for somefunds and the advice of the Committeewas sought as to what would be a fairamount to request. A letter has beensent to Lippincott, saying: “We accepteverything except point 2 of the agree-ment. We think there should be a royaltycomponent to the arrangement to makeit a professional relationship.”

Update on Website LinksThe website was discussed with GIC whowould charge extra for their website serv-ice, on an hourly basis. The website willtherefore be excluded from the GICagreement for the present and WFN willstay with the current Webmaster, Bentode Sousa. EFNS is much more active onits website than WFN. A greater degree

of visibility on the website for the pro-grammes of the Education Committee isneeded, in particular the establishment ofa chat room for WFN CME ProgrammeCo-ordinators. There has been someconsultation to see how this could beachieved and some changes have beenmade.

Websites must be up to date all the timeand a Webmaster can only work with thematerial that people send him. It wasthought that someone with creative ideasis needed to be in charge of the websiteand to feed material to the Webmasterwho will provide the technical expertise.The way the site is put together is techni-cally well done, but the content is impor-tant. The job of web content editor, how-ever, is difficult and very time-consuming.EFNS hire someone to do it. It was sug-gested that Dr Francis Walker, who hasgood website knowledge, should beapproached to take charge of the web, tosource information and pass items to theWebmaster.

Update on Possibility of DirectPayments (Donations) to theWFN via the Website It has been agreed that the WFN willopen an account so that people whowish to make a donation to the WFN viathe website may do so. As the WFN is anot-for-profit organisation, there shouldbe no fees.

Francois Boller, MD, PhDChairman, Publications & WebsiteCommittee

Report of the Chairmanof the ResearchCommitteeThe Research Committee, chaired byRoger N. Rosenberg MD, met at theAmerican Academy of Neurology meet-ing in San Francisco in April 2004. 26Research Groups were representedincluding several affiliated societies. TheCommittee received a report from SamBerkovic, Chair, Scientific ProgramCommittee, World Congress ofNeurology 2005, which will be held inSydney, Australia from November 5-11,2005. Dr. Berkovic reviewed the overallScientific Program and the Educational

Course Program. The Main Themes, allPlenary Sessions and Named Lectureswere carefully discussed as well as theoverall comprehensiveness and balanceof the program. The Committee enthusi-astically endorsed the Scientific Programand congratulated Dr. Berkovic and theScientific Program Committee for theirsuccessful efforts.

In our view, the WCN 2005 will be asuperb clinical and scientific educationalevent not to be missed! The ResearchAdvances in Neurology Website electron-ic syllabus emphasizing “Clinical andBasic Science Therapeutic Advances inNeurology” continues to be utilized byneurologists and other physicians world-wide as an immediate source of newinformation. The next two meetings of theResearch Committee will be at the AANmeeting in Miami in April 2005 and inSydney at the time of the World Congressof Neurology.

Roger N. Rosenberg, MDChair, Research Committee WFN

Report of the Chairman,Structure & FunctionCommittee2004 has been an active year for theStructure and Function Committee, asthe continuation of 2003 and within theframe of the task to advise the trusteeson the issue of going with professionalmanagement for WFN. The Committeeaddressed the present situation atChandos Street and reviewed otherpotential scenarios for the functioning ofWFN secretariats, before agreeing on theconclusion that professional manage-ment would offer WFN the best opportu-nities for development and growth, with aparticular emphasis on fundraising andmembership. As a second step, theCommittee evaluated several offers byprofessional management companies, inorder to select the most interesting andfavourable options for presentation to thetrustees. On-site visits were also madeby committee members.

Two professional management compa-nies, both located in Brussels, were final-ly selected. After subsequent analysesand internal deliberations, the trustees

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selected GIC, a choice which wasendorsed in voting at the WFN Council ofDelegates in Paris. The Structure &Function Committee will be involved in2005 in the implementation and develop-ment of this new management of WFN.

Fundraising CommitteeThe WFN Fundraising Committee is anew committee which was based upon aproposal and concept of the trustees todevelop fundraising for WFN. Indeed,WFN derives its finances from member-ship and profit sharing of the quadrennialWorld Congress of Neurology, while proj-ect-driven fundraising has been non-existent, except by the EducationCommittee. The Fundraising Committeeincludes experienced neurologists withthe capacity to advise trustees and otherWFN Committees on fundraising issuesand projects. While not directly raisingfunds, the Committee is expected tointeract strongly within the new manage-ment system of WFN with a professionalcompany, starting 2005. At present, anongoing task of the FundraisingCommittee is the assessment and regu-lation of the relationship between theWFN and the World NeurologyFoundation, a US-based foundation,whose chartered mission is to raisefunds for WFN.

J. Bogousslavsky, MDChairman, Structure & FunctionCommittee & Chairman, FundraisingCommittee

Report of the Chairmanof the Constitution andBylaws Committee Special ThanksFirst of all, I would like to thank Prof. JunKimura, the President of the WFN, who,with his team, when he was chairing thiscommittee made a great effort to pro-duce the memorandum and articles ofassociation of the WFN.

These articles have been the cornerstone of the work of this committee undermy chairmanship and will continue to beso in the coming cycle.

Charges and guidelines of theCommittee: 1) To consider changes

to the Memorandum and Articles ofAssociation or other procedural mattersat the request of any officer or memberof the federation 2) To report tthe com-mittee's deliberations’ to the Manage-ment Committee (Trustees) for theirconsideration and, if necessary, referralto the Council of Delegates 3) To eval-uate potential procedural changeswhich may come from other commit-tees, such as the ManagementCommittee (Trustees).

Activities 1) At the joint meeting ofthe WFN officers and committee chairsheld in Vienna on October 29, 2002, thecharges and guidelines were furtherelaborated. The Committee reviewedthe new Memorandum and Articles nowgoverning the Federation's operations.This was found to be a broad, generaldocument needing to be supplementedby more detailed procedures and it fellto this committee to develop these.There seemed to be two ways of pro-ceeding: (1) distribute the Memo-randum and Articles themselves to theCommittee; or (2) for the Trustees tosummarize on paper those things thatneeded to be addressed as priorities.Guidelines were clearly necessary.After that, the Committee's ideas andsuggestions would be invited prior toreferral again to the President andTrustees so that the recommendedchanges could be further discussed,approved and implemented. It wasdecided to send to all members of theCommittee a copy of the currentMemorandum and Articles ofAssociation, charges and guideline foreach committee together with the min-utes of this meeting for review 2) TheCommittee decided that if any assis-tance was needed from the firm oflawyers employed by the Federation,then it should be done via the LondonOffice, so that the Office was aware ofthe action and the expenses likely to beincurred. 3) The present system for theNominating Committee of drawing up ashortlist of candidates for election tovacant officer posts was discussed andthe Committee recommended to theTrustees that a system of voting shouldbe adopted as opposed to drawing ashortlist 4) In 2002, the Committee dis-cussed the Job description of theRegional Vice Presidents, since they donot have a formal description. TheCommittee decided that as a first stepthe following issues should be tackledby the Regional Vice Presidents: a)Contribute news from their region to

World Neurology and the WFN website.b) Become involved in the planning ofRegional Congresses that the Trusteesare introducing as a joint venturebetween the WFN and RegionalOrganizations or national societieswithin certain regions.

The Committee shall further study thisissue to develop a formal job descrip-tion for the Regional Vice Presidents.In 2003, pertaining to the issue ofregional Vice-Presidents, this workwas done in conjunction with JohanAarli, First Vice President of the WFN.And according to the constitution ofWFN, Regional Vice-Presidents (RVP)are not mandatory. The Articles ofAssociation provide for the election of“such other Vice-Presidents as theMember Societies at a meeting ofthe Council of Delegates” woulddecide. (Articles: Officers, § 7.1).The committee upon detailed studycame up with the following recommen-dations: a) Since the role of the RVPis not official and the current RVP'shave not been active, the RVP shouldbe changed to Regional Director. b)The definition of regions should bethat accepted by the WHO. c) Sincereal power is in the hands of thePresidents of the Regional Neuro-logical Associations—AAN, EFNS,PAUNS, the Pan-African, LatinAmerican and the Asian-Oceanian—they shall be invited to serve ex officioas Regional Directors and be formallyappointed by the Council ofDelegates. This is preferable to havingthe region represented in the WFN byelecting someone else and wouldavoid conflict. d) The RegionalDirectors shall serve as links betweenthe central administration of the WFNand the regional neurological associa-tion they are representing. They areresponsible for liaising with the WHORegional Office. The regional directorsshall be responsible for contact withthe corresponding WHO office in orderto: —Collaborate with the regional lev-els of WHO; —Assist in the identifica-tion of areas where there exists a needfor campaigns aimed at the preventionof neurological disease; —Provideinformation on neurological disordersin the region. They are also on theWorld Neurology Editorial Board andwill inform the Editor on regional news,activities and matters of interest withintheir region. The Regional Directorswill have a central role in organisingregional WFN congresses.

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Recommendations for thefutureSince the current Memorandum andArticles now governing the Federation'soperations were found to be broad, it isrecommended that more detailed proce-dures are developed for some areassuch as:—Guidelines for holding confer-ences and meetings endorsed by theWFN; —Election of trustees and theneed for more transparency; —Introduction of incentives for committeesto operate as a coherent group in con-junction with other committees for theoverall development of the WFN.

Ashraf Kurdi, MDChair, Constitution and BylawsCommittee

Report of the Chairmanof the NominatingCommitteeThomas Brandt, Germany (Chairman);Zdenek Ambler, Czech Republic; ArthurAsbury, USA; Leontino Battistin, Italy;Vladimir Hachinski, Canada; ObsisMadkour, Egypt; John Newsom-Davis,United Kingdom; Gustavo Pradilla,Colombia; Francisco Rubio-Donnadieu,Mexico.

On 5 September 2004 the AnnualGeneral Meeting (Council of Delegates)of the WFN took place in Paris. JulienBogousslavsky's term of office asElected Trustee was expiring and he wasstanding for re-election. The full list ofcandidates recommended by theNominating Committee included JulienBogousslavsky—Switzerland, AntonioCulebras—USA/Spain, Amos Korczyn—Israel, Ashraf Kurdi—Jordan, MarcoMedina—Honduras.

After calling for nominations in March2004 for

President (to take office with effectfrom January 1st, 2006), First Vice President (to take office witheffect from January 1st, 2006), Secretary-Treasurer General (to takeoffice with effect from January 1st,2007), andOne Elected Trustee (to take office witheffect from November 7th, 2005),

the Nominating Committee met in Paris

on 5 September 2004 (attendees:Thomas Brandt, Zdenek Ambler, JohnNewsom-Davis, Francisco Rubio-Donnadieu, Leontino Battistin and KeithNewton).

The following candidates were recom-mended:President: Johan Aarli, Norway; JagjitChopra, India; Roger Rosenberg,USA.First Vice President: VladimirHachinski, Canada; Ted Munsat, USA.Secretary-Treasurer General:Richard Kay, Hong Kong, China; Ra'adShakir, United Kingdom.Elected Trustee (one vacancy):Marianne De Visser, Netherlands;Michael Donaghy, United Kingdom;Werner Hacke, Germany.

Two names were later added to the list ofcandidates with the Committee's agree-ment and the support of the respectivenational society and five or more author-ized delegates:Secretary-Treasurer General:Leontino Battistin, Italy; Julien Bogous-slavsky, Switzerland.

Dr. Thomas Brandt, MDChair, Nominating Committee

Report of theMembership CommitteeThree countries have found their way tothe World Federation of Neurology in2004! Paraguay, Zambia and Iraqapplied for membership and the Councilof Delegates at their meeting in Paris on5 September 2004 accepted these appli-cations. Although there are obviousadvantages to the membership in partic-ular for developing countries, whichclearly benefit from the educational pro-grammes, further expansion of the mem-bership takes place at a slow pace. In2003, the Membership Committee underthe guidance of Professor Roberto Sicahas identified at least 100 countries thathave not yet joined WFN. The Committeedoes its utmost to extend invitations toneurologists of those non-member coun-tries to apply for membership. Therefore,it is important that there are neurologistsfrom various regions of the world repre-sented in the Committee, which includesAndrew Eisen, Richard Kay, Kerry Mills,

Theodore Munsat, Amado San Luis,Yukito Shinohara, Ragnar Stien andNoshir Wadia, and Marianne de Visser(chair). We are very happy that Dr ReynaDuron from Honduras has accepted aninvitation to join the Committee. We haveevery hope that she will be able to identi-fy countries in the region that are in needof support by WFN. We very much appre-ciate that attempts are also being under-taken privately by members of ourFederation to point out to neurologists ofnon-member countries what WFN cancontribute to further the standard of neu-rological practice by education and facil-itation of research.

With regard to the People's Republic ofChina, we were informed that the Asian-Oceanian Association of Neurology hadreceived an application from them formembership. There too the problem hadarisen that Taiwan and Hong Kong eachhad a vote and did not wish to lose that.The Membership Committee felt that theoutcome of the Asian-Oceanian Associa-tion application should be awaited beforegetting in touch with mainland Chinaagain.

For 2005, the Membership Committeehas set a target: every member of theCommittee should try and invite a non-member country to apply for member-ship. Admittedly, an ambitious plan, but ifwe wish fulfil the mission statement ofWFN, the number of non-member coun-tries should be drastically reduced.

Marianne de Visser, MDChair, Membership Committee

CommitteeReport of the Editor-in-Chief, the Journal ofthe NeurologicalSciencesFurther changes were made to the edito-rial board in October. Welcome newboard members Pavel Kalvach (CzechRepublic) and Laszlo Vecsei (Hungary).

Fourteen issues, including eight doubleissues, featuring 267 articles, and oneCumulative Author/Subject Index werepublished. These included a special

section in May, 220.1-2 on “PeripheralNeuropathy” a symposium of theSociety for Experimental Neuro-pathology held under the auspices ofthe American Neurological Associationin San Francisco, California in October2003. It was organized by Arnulf H.Koeppen. August, 223.1 was a specialissue containing the papers on“Immunosuppressive Treatments inMultiple Sclerosis” from the EuropeanCharcot Foundation in Seville, Spain,28-30 November 2002. Guest editorswere O. R. Hommes and M. FriedrichsBosmans. November 226.1-2 wasanother special issue on the“Proceedings of the First Congress ofthe International Society for VascularBehavioral and Cognitive Disorders(VAS-COG) held in Goteborg, Sweden,28-31 August 2003. Guest editors wereGustavo C. Roman, Anders Wallin,Ingmar Skoog, and Raj N. Kalaria.

Clinical research still dominates everyissue. 11% of all submissions were basic(non-human) research. Ad hoc reviewerswere acknowledged in April, 219.1-2.Wecontinue to work on monitoring thereview cycle to accelerate the process.198 manuscripts were accepted in 2004and 182 manuscripts were rejected.The distribution of manuscripts accept-ed by country parallels that of the past sixyears. The top four ranked countrieswere Japan (26%), USA (24%), Germany

(6%), and Italy (6%). These four countriesalone accounted for 125 or 63% of allmanuscripts accepted in 2004.Geographically, accepted manuscriptswere as follows: Africa 1; Asia 28;Australia 2; Eastern Europe 3; Japan 53;Middle East 6; Scandinavia 4;South/Central America 1; USA andCanada 49; and Western Europe 51.

Robert P. Lisak, M.D.

Report of the Editor-in-Chief, World Neurology

All four issues of World Neurology werepublished according to schedule andmailed to all members of the WFN—nowapproximately 24,640. The EditorialBoard meeting was held in SanFrancisco on April 27 during the AnnualMeeting of AAN in 2004. The layout anddesign of World Neurology in 2004 wasperformed by the printers of this newslet-ter at Chandigarh in India—a job whichwas previously handled by HelmutHummelbrunner of Elsevier inAmsterdam. The Editorial Board mem-bers appreciated the layout and

approved it. Despite our best effortsthrough publication of request notices infour issues, the number of those whohave opted for electronic receipt of WorldNeurology remains dismal. Hard copiesare in demand and it is expected that thismethodology of distribution will continuein the near future. A full page write up hasbeen published on behalf of theInternational Stroke Society on paymentof US $2,500 for one page—revenue which goes to the WFN Bankaccount. Commercial ads for future pub-lication in World Neurology, as approvedby the Trustees, will be for US $5,000each page. Co-ordination between theJournal of the Neurological Sciences andWorld Neurology is a welcome step.Some reviews of important articles pub-lished in JNS will be published in WorldNeurology to broaden the availability ofsuch information to all the members ofWFN, especially in those countries thatcannot afford to get JNS.

Jagjit S. Chopra, FRCP, PhD

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EligibilityThe applicant should be:

A young investigator (post-doctoral fellow or a person injunior academic rank for 5 years or less at the time of sub-mission).Candidates who qualify and who would like to be consid-ered should indicate so and include a separate letter ofeligibility to the Editor-in-Chief at the time of submission.

Application procedureA current curriculum vitae.An original manuscript (basic or clinical) of a neurologicalstudy in which the applicant is the primary investigator andthe first author.A letter from the candidate stating his/her interest in beingconsidered.The manuscript should conform to the style and format ofthe Journal of the Neurological Sciences.Submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by an EditorialBoard panel and the two manuscripts selected for awardswill have been accepted for publication in the Journal ofthe Neurological Sciences.

Manuscripts co-authored by a member of any of the WFNCommittees will not be eligible for either of the two awards.All manuscripts will be the property of the Journal of theNeurological Sciences.

Manuscripts submitted from 1 January 2005 will be eligiblefor consideration.

Deadline for receipt of papers for the 2005 awards: 1July 2005.

For more information about the journal or how to submit yourpaper to the Journal of the Neurological Sciences, pleasevisit http://authors.elsevier.com/journal/jns

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