About ASNA

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ASNA is an acronym for the ASEAN Neurological Association. ASEAN, in turn, is the abbreviation for the Association of South East Asian Nations. There are strong reasons for the neurologists in South East Asia to come together for networking and to form an association. There are now close to three thousand neurologists in South East Asia. There is a need for the neurology fraternity within the region to meet and communicate more frequently in order to learn from one another, to solve the common problems and together develop neurology in the region.

On the 17th of November, 1994, in the beautiful Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, the ASEAN Neurological Association (ASNA) was inaugurated. ASNA membership presently consists of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, all the 10 nation states of ASEAN. Timor Leste joined as the 11th member of ASNA in 2023.

The first biennial scientific meeting was successfully held in Manila in December, 1995. Since then, there has been biennial convention every two years in one of the South East Asian cities, Singapore (1997), Chiangmai (1999), Kuala Lumpur (2001), Cebu (2003), Jakarta (2005), Cha-Am (2007), Kuala Lumpur (2009), Bali (2011), Bandar Sri Begawan (2013), Singapore (2015), Manila (2017), Yangon (2019), Bangkok (2021), and Danang (2023).

Other than the biennial convention, other ASNA activities are:

  1. Neurology Asia (formerly known as the Neurological Journal of South East Asia), which is also the official journal for ASNA, and also the Asian & Oceanian Association of Neurology (AOAN) and Asian & Oceanian Child Neurology Association (AOCNA). Neurology Asia has published regularly for the last 23 years
  2. Joint Asian Epilepsy Academy (ASEPA)-ASNA EEG certification examination

  3. Workshops and symposiums on various specialty themes, visiting professorship, and exchange fellowship

  4. Subspecialty chapters such as stroke and CNS infection, to facilitate joint research and training

  5. ASNA Life Time Achievement Award and Outstanding Contribution Award

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