Dar es Salaam, Feb. 12 -- DAR ES SALAAM: As the world commemorates International Epilepsy Day today, the Tanzania Epilepsy Association (TEA) has said that youth at the average age of 15 and above are leading in encountering epilepsy due to various reasons including accidents.

This was revealed by a Neurologist at P-Consultant Medical Clinic, Doctor Patience Njenje saying that most of the accidents leading to epilepsy are motorcycle accidents (bodaboda) after being injured, leaving a scar which later on causes defect to the brain.

Dr Njenje further said that more than 60 million people in the world live with epilepsy and in every 200000 people; at least 34 to 75 people have epilepsy.

Additionally, he said that Africa has a high percenta...