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Nutrition and stroke prevention: Can a diet save your brain?
Written by: Prof. Anita Arsovska, MD, PhD, Macedonian Organization for a fight against stroke, SAFE Board Member Stroke is a severe impairment of brain functions due to acute brain circulation disorder. The highest percentage of strokes (80-85%) is due to thrombosis...
Stroke Survivors’ Needs in Finland: Stroke rehabilitation insufficient as it is now
When it comes to stroke treatment and aftercare, Nordic countries are often believed to be among the most advanced in Europe. Even so, there is a room for improvement as we learned from our conversation with Finnish Brain Association’s Executive Director Tiina...
Stroke Action Plan for Europe Implementation: First Steering Committee meeting held today in Munich
The first Steering Committee meeting for implementation of the Stroke Action Plan for Europe (SAPE) was held today in Munich. The Steering Committee's main task will include a definition of a strategy framework, the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for monitoring the...
SAFE’s new Director General commenced in post on the 12th August 2019
SAFE is very pleased to announce the new Director General, Arlene Wilkie, commenced in post on the 12th August, leading and overseeing the delivery of all SAFE activity and projects, working with our existing experienced team of Jelena Misita, Communications Manager,...
Survivors, carers and therapists – would you use technology to help rehab? We want to know!
Project AMoRSA AMoRSA stands for “Adaptive and highly motivating platform for the rehabilitation of patients with arm palsy following a stroke“. The project kicked off on March 1st, 2017 (ending February 29th, 2020). MOTIVATION In Europe, millions of people live with...
