1 in 4 of us will have a stroke. We could half our risk simply by preventing, diagnosing and controlling #hypertension (high blood pressure). On #WorldHypertensionDay we urge everyone to get their blood pressure checked. Be #GreaterThan stroke. International Society of Hypertension World Stroke Org

Amazing news! 🤩 FAST Heroes has won the PR Week Award for Best Campaign Outside UK 🏆. We're so proud of all the schools, children and World Stroke Org members working to build stroke symptom awareness around the world PRWeek UK Boehringer Ingelheim prweek.com/article/187075….

On 27th May alongside #WHA77 in Geneva World Stroke Org will host a policy event focused on driving global access to acute stroke care. Our members are playing a key role in highlighting the event and encouraging Ministers to attend world-stroke.org/news-and-blog/… Philips Boehringer Ingelheim

This week in Geneva, the world’s health policy decision-makers are gathered for #WHA77 🌍 WSO is committed to ensuring that stroke is prioritized on the policy agenda. Today we will welcome Ministers of Health, World Health Organization (WHO) policy and clinical experts to a panel event focused on

WSO’s Bo Norrving opens todays policy panel inviting participant audience to ‘Unite in Action to Transform Stroke’ at #WHA77

Angelique Balguid from Philips sets out what is at stake for individuals who experience #stroke and what is at stake for governments and society if we don’t invest in access to evidence-based acute stroke care now. #WHA77

Taskeen Khan from World Health Organization (WHO) NCD team sets out their organization’s role in setting norms and standards for care across the #stroke care continuum from prevention, acute care and rehabilitation. #Appendix3 sets out essential and recommended cost effective interventions to inform govt

Acute stroke care needs a well orchestrated care system- early detection of stroke is critical to patient outcomes. For that we need CT scans, we need effective workflows access to appropriate acute treatment and we need follow up and social support for survivors. Stroke unit

Mechanical thrombectomy keeps people out of rehabilitation centers, reduces burdens on individuals, on families. It is an investment with a strong ROI- and it’s not reserved for High Income Countries. Evidence from Brazil shows that it is a cost effective #stroke treatment in

CMO of @philips Dr Carla Goulart Silva Peron says there’s plenty of evidence of effectiveness, but access isn’t just limited it isn’t equitable. Change requires more than technology, it requires us to make effort, to push collectively for change so that we can deliver

Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton Minister of Health& Wellbeing of Jamaica shares challenges and priorities. We need a more activist approach to share information and drive action on comorbidities including #hypertension and #diabetes. Access to acute treatment is ad hoc, lack of

In Costa Rica which has a large ageing population the focus of the Ministry of Health is very much on #stroke. Prevention is a high priority- identifying risk factors in the community and focusing on prevention says Hon. Dr Mary Munive. The govt also focus on raising awareness

Telemedicine is proving crucial to the Indonesian acute stroke care - in a country that has 16,000 islands and 700 languages innovation is essential to provide effective care, says Dr Supriyanto Dharmoredjo, Director of RSUPN Cipto Mangunkusumo Jakarta Philips #WHA77

WSO President sheila martins sets out the World Stroke Org whole system initiatives that work to improve stroke care. From strategic and technical support for govts, to hospital certification and community awareness and calls on decision-makers and system administrators to ‘Unite

Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton highlights the critical role of community health workers in building awareness of and reducing #stroke risk, gathering data and coaching individuals to reduce their risk MOHW JA #CHW

‘Bridging the gap between what is known and what is done’ says Jan van Merwe the focus of Boehringer Ingelheim #AngelsInitiative which has played a strong role in driving improvements in acute stroke care and building capacity of acute stroke care systems with capacity to deliver

These stories from people who have survived #stroke show the impact that fast access to quality acute stroke care makes. Translated into English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi,Portuguese and Spanish youtube.com/playlist?list=… sheila martins Jeyaraj Pandian World Stroke Org

🗨️"We need to increase investment in NCDs!" - Bo Norrving, member of NCDA Board of Directors, calling civil society to take the #LeadOnNCDs. "We need a lot of political pressure, we need a lot of advocacy." Join Global Week for Action & let's #ActOnNCDs👉 actonncds.org/take-action

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