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One in 10 people have at least one seizure in their lifetime, according to the American Academy of Neurology. Around 50 million people globally are estimated to live with epilepsy, making it one of the most common neurological diseases in the world, according to the World Health Organization. But, of those, 70 per cent could live seizure-free if they were properly diagnosed and treated – like Frances Charters. The mother of three and founding head of a school in Tanzania was 28 when she suffered her first seizure – with no warning signals, and no apparent reason for it. There...