The document provides the public health perspective for neurological disorders and presents fresh and updated estimates and predictions of the global burden borne by them separate sections discuss some of the most important disorders in detail dementia epilepsy headache disorders multiple sclerosis neuroinfections neurological disorders associated with malnutrition pain associated with neurological disorders parkinsons disease stroke and traumatic brain injuries. 10 neurological disorders public health challenges of efforts aimed at raising awareness changing behaviours and creating environments that sup port good health practices healthy public policies and community development 10 the nature and scope of health promotion is illustrated in figure 11. 178 neurological disorders public health challenges vastly understate the disability they cause pain is a signifi cant symptom in several neurological disorders and adds signifi cantly to emotional suffering and disability even burden estimates combining mortality and disability do not take into account the suffering and social and economic. Neurological disorders public health challenges gideon vardi md mph zusman child development center soroka university medical center ben gurion university of the negev beer sheva israel e mail gideonvagmailcom search for more papers by this author joav merrick md national institute of child health and human development office of the medical director division for mental