Recognizing Traumatic Brain Injury as a Notifiable and Chronic Condition

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is too often treated as a one-time medical emergency rather than the start of a lifelong condition. This event brings together global neurosurgical, public health, and policy leaders to reframe TBI as a chronic disease that requires long-term follow-up, rehabilitation, and structured surveillance. Organised by the International Society of Global Neurosurgery, the session makes the public health case for recognising TBI as a notifiable condition, enabling better data collection, policy planning, and resource allocation. Through expert perspectives and patient-centred insights, the event aims to advance a global agenda that moves TBI beyond acute care and into chronic disease frameworks aligned with long-term disability, quality of life, and health system resilience.