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About the Campaign
The campaign is a collaboration of individuals and organizations working
together to:
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- Increase awareness and understanding of SUDEP
- Ensure accurate information is publicly available
- Encourage discussion
of mortality in epilepsy
- Champion the need for increased resources towards
research and support
- Improve the identification of SUDEP deaths
- Generate action in support of the campaign to bring about change
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This is being achieved through:
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- Mobilizing and pooling resources from healthcare, academic and advocacy groups
- Developing and distributing information about SUDEP
- Creating tools that will aid SUDEP education and its discussion
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All
campaign-related questions and correspondence can be directed to the campaign's administration team, headed by Tamzin Jeffs in Canada and Emma MacDonald in the US.
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Campaign Goal
The Making Sense of
SUDEP campaign raises awareness of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Awareness is the first step in determining
the cause and prevention of SUDEP.
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