ArticleInternational journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society2021
Conceptual framework for establishing the African Stroke Organization.
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- Stroke in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence and case-fatality rates.International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society · 2023Pooled it
- Beyond the Clinic: The Impact of Stroke Support Organizations on Patient Experience and Outcomes.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2026Review
- African stroke organization conference 2024: Strategies in reducing the burden of stroke.Equity neuroscience · 2025Article
- Stroke Outcomes in a Population-Focused Urban Hypertension Program in Brazil and Senegal.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Enhancing Africa's stroke workforce to address the stroke burden: a proposal from the African's stroke organization's educational and training committee.Frontiers in stroke · 2025Article
- Developing a strategic action plan for reducing the burden of stroke in Africa: report of the first African Stroke Leaders' Summit.Frontiers in stroke · 2025Article
- African Stroke Organization Conference 2022: Stroke in the Age of Emerging Challenges and Advances.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Accelerating African neuroscience to provide an equitable framework using perspectives from West and Southern Africa.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Pragmatic solutions to reduce the global burden of stroke: a World Stroke Organization-Lancet Neurology Commission.The Lancet. Neurology · 2023Review
- Patient-level and system-level determinants of stroke fatality across 16 large hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria: a prospective cohort study.The Lancet. Global health · 2023Article
- Prehospital stroke care in Africa: The reality and potential solutions.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2023Article
- 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
- Proportion of stroke types in Madagascar: A tertiary-level hospital-based case series.PloS one · 2022Article
- Stroke in Africa: profile, progress, prospects and priorities.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2021Review
- Influence of age on links between major modifiable risk factors and stroke occurrence in West Africa.Journal of the neurological sciences · 2021Article
- The African Stroke Organization - a new dawn for stroke in Africa.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2021Review
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Africa is the world's most genetically diverse, second largest, and second most populous continent, with over one billion people distributed across 54 countries. With a 23% lifetime risk of stroke, Africa has some of the highest rates of stroke worldwide and many occur in the prime of life with huge economic losses and grave implications for the individual, family, and the society in terms of mental capital, productivity, and socioeconomic progress. Tackling the escalating burden of stroke in Africa requires prioritized, multipronged, and inter-sectoral strategies tailored to the unique African epidemiological, cultural, socioeconomic, and lifestyle landscape. The African Stroke Organization (ASO) is a new pan-African coalition that brings together stroke researchers, clinicians, and other health-care professionals with participation of national and regional stroke societies and stroke support organizations. With a vision to reduce the rapidly increasing burden of stroke in Africa, the ASO has a four-pronged focus on (1) research, (2) capacity building, (3) development of stroke services, and (4) collaboration with all stakeholders. This will be delivered through advocacy, awareness, and empowerment initiatives to bring about people-focused changes in policy, clinical practice, and public education. In the spirit of the
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