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#DontBeTheOne: Wave the flag for stroke awareness on this year’s World Stroke Day
To help create a buzz and to drive awareness of risks and prevention a number of stroke organisations around the world are quite literally flying the flag for our 'Don't Be The One' campaign at their events to mark World Stroke Day. These events will be shared on...
Stroke Survivors’ Needs in Luxembourg: No intensive aftercare centre for stroke victims
"Luxembourg needs an intensive aftercare centre where patients can go for three to six weeks in the mornings as well as in the evenings to receive an ongoing aftercare treatment for physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy in addition to psychological...
IRENE COST Action Meeting: Alleviating disparities in stroke care and improving outcomes after stroke
Written by Prof. Anita Arsovska, MD, PhD, FESO, SAFE Board member The Management Committee Meeting of IRENE COST Action took place in Chisinau, Moldova, 16th-17th of September 2019, hosted by Prof. Stanislav Groppa, attended by 46 delegates from 26 countries (several...
Stroke Survivors’ Needs in Sweden: A follow up system after stroke
The number of people suffering strokes in Sweden is declining with 600 fewer cases in 2017 compared to the year before. On top of that, many people think that Scandinavian countries have everything perfectly set up when it comes to stroke and the entire stroke care...
SAFE’s website on stroke prevention now available in five more languages
A useful repository for reliable and easy to use information on 10 modifiable stroke risk factors translated to Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and French. Brussels, 17/09/2019: A SAFE-owned website on stroke prevention and modifiable stroke risk factors goes...
