World Parkinson's Day 2018
The aim of Parkinson's Awareness Day is to promote a greater understanding of this condition and how it can affect a person.
In the European Union (EU), approximately 1.2 million people have their lives impacted by Parkinson's Disease.
World Parkinson's Awareness Day aims to raise global awareness of Parkinson's disease. In general, members of the public have very limited knowledge about this condition.
Following an online survey in 2009 by the EPDA, in which over 5000 people took part, it was found that over 50% did not know Parkinson's was a neurological condition which affects movement. Even more striking was that over 75% of people surveyed did not know that rigidity, in which a person is unable to move their body (or certain body parts), is a key motor symptom of this disease.
Learning Zones
The Learning Zones are an educational resource for healthcare professionals that provide medical information on the epidemiology, pathophysiology and burden of disease, as well as diagnostic techniques and treatment regimens.
