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Taking epilepsy again, a Treatment Gap is the percentage with seizures who do not receive anti‐epileptic drugs (AEDs). In Pakistan, the Philippines and Ecuador there are epilepsy TGs of 80–95%, in India around 75%, but <5% in the United Kingdom, pre‐COVID. Reasons include lack of health care, cost, drug availability, cultural factors, and stigma – and failure to grasp that AEDS are effective. Campaigns to narrow TGs are priorities.