ReviewJournal of the neurological sciences2019
The Sub-Saharan Africa Conference on Stroke (SSACS): An idea whose time has come.
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- Magnitude of risk factors and in-hospital mortality of stroke in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC neurology · 2020Pooled it
- Characterizing stroke presenting to a regional referral hospital before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda: a retrospective analysis.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Intensive vital signs monitoring reduces 30-day mortality among stroke patients: A cohort study from Tanzania.PloS one · 2025Article
- Stroke signs knowledge and factors associated with a delayed hospital arrival of patients with acute stroke in Kinshasa.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Incidence of mortality and risk factors among adult stroke patients in public hospitals Jigjiga town Somali region, Ethiopia: Cohort study design.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- The State of Stroke Research in Malawi: Results from a Mapping Review Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Review
- African Stroke Organization Conference 2022: Stroke in the Age of Emerging Challenges and Advances.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Pragmatic solutions to reduce the global burden of stroke: a World Stroke Organization-Lancet Neurology Commission.The Lancet. Neurology · 2023Review
- Clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes of adult stroke patients admitted to Jimma Medical Center, Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Observational
- The African Stroke Organization Conference 2021: Building Capacity, Careers, Collaborations, and Contributions.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2022Article
- Stroke in Africa: profile, progress, prospects and priorities.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2021Review
- The barriers and facilitators to the telephonic application of the FAST assessment for stroke in a private emergency dispatch centre in South Africa.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2021Article
- Conceptual framework for establishing the African Stroke Organization.International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society · 2021Article
- In-hospital mortality and its predictors among stroke patients in sub-Saharan Africa: A systemic review and meta-analysis.SAGE open medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
Stroke is a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where an unprecedented rise in stroke burden is currently raging, has the highest age-standardized stroke incidence, stroke prevalence, and stroke mortality rates. This is in sharp contrast to the relative decline in stroke incidence in high-income countries over the past four decades through better awareness and control of vascular risk factors. Compared to other groups, Africans tend to have a higher risk of stroke, higher percentage of the hemorrhagic type and much poorer outcomes. Indeed, stroke levies a heavy toll on the developing SSA economy by affecting a relatively younger age group. In this commentary, we examine the disproportionately high burden of stroke in the setting of grossly inadequate resources and evidence-based interventions. We propose an annual pan-regional stroke conference (starting in 2020) to harness global resources and local talent with the goal of galvanizing action to tackle this escalating burden. We anticipate that a successful conference series could become a rallying point for the eventual establishment of an African Stroke Organization.
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