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class="post-8671 article type-article status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry issuem_issue-october-november-2024 issuem_issue_categories-from-the-editors entry"><h1 class="entry-title">Letter from the Editors</h1> <div class="post-info"> <div class='date-info'>Posted on <span class="date published time" title="2024-11-04T13:56:38-06:00"><span class='date'>November 4, 2024</span></span> </div></div><div class="entry-content"><p class="p1">We’d like to welcome all readers to the October-November 2024 issue of <i>World Neurology</i>. In this issue’s President’s Column, Prof. Wolfgang Grisold provides his updates on several ongoing activities, such as the outcome of the Council of Delegates (COD) meeting in September, including the results of the trustee election, and the addition of Ghana as the 125th neurologic society in the World Federation (WFN). The President‘s Column also details the recent changes to the WFN bylaws.</p> <p class="p3">Prof. Grisold also reports on the status of the recent WFN Digital Neurology Updates (WNU), the ongoing Global Advocacy and Leadership Program (GALP) with the WFN and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and other current global initiatives.</p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">This issue also includes early reports of the activities that surrounded World Brain Day 2024, including a report from Tunisia by Prof. Riadh Gouider, co-chair of the WFN Education Committee, and personal reflections about World Brain Day from World Brain Day co-chair, Prof. Tissa Wijeratne. In a related story, a protégé of Prof. Wijeratne, high school student Sarah McPartland from Victoria, Australia, outlines World Brain Day activities achievable in the secondary school and community level with excellent mentorship and support. </span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">In this issue’s History column, Dr. Peter Koehler describes the fascinating history of organ-based extracts, including the pineal gland, for therapeutic interventions for disorders of the nervous system. Dr. Aida Suárez-González, Prof. Morris Freedman, Prof. Manabu Ikeda, Dr. Yutaka Tanaka, Prof. Masaru Mimura, and Prof. Suvarna Alladi chronicle the many activities at the biennial meeting of the WFN Aphasia, Dementia, and Cognitive Disorders Specialty Group that took place in April in Nara, Japan. This issue also includes exciting announcements by Prof. Carlos N. Ketzoian for two upcoming international courses on neuroepidemiology, sponsored by the WFN Specialty Group on Neuroepidemiology.</span></p> <p class="p3">Also in this issue, Prof. <span class="s1">Raad Shakir</span>, on behalf of the WFN Nominating Committee, presents an important call for nominations for the WFN positions that will be elected in 2025.</p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">Dr. Dilraj Singh Sokhi describes a neurology teaching course in two centers in Uganda as an example of international collaboration.</span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">Thanks to all neurologists and neurologic trainee readers in all regions of the world for their interest in the WFN and <i>World Neurology</i>. 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