Conceptual framework for establishing the African Stroke Organization.
Journal: International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society
Volume: 16
Issue: 1
Year of Publication: 2021
Affiliated Institutions:
Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
Department of Neurology, Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of Internal Medicine/Neurology, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria.
Department of Neurology, Sylvanus Olympio University Teaching Hospital, Lomé, Togo.
Stroke Unit, Umhlanga Medical Centre, Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa.
Department of Neurology, Hospital Américo Boavida-University Agostinho Neto, Luanda-Angola.
Stroke Unit, Neurology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa/University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
Neurology Department, Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.
Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Department of Neurology, Bogodogo University Hospital , Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Department of Health Promotion and Education, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Stroke Association Support Network-Ghana (SASNET-GHANA), Accra, Ghana.
Stroke Care International, Lagos, Nigeria.
The Stroke Survivors Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Department of Internal Medicine, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, University Hospital of Brazzaville, Congo.
Department of Special Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Aga Khan University, East Africa /Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Department of Neurology, College of Health Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Central Hospital of Maputo, Maputo, Mozambique.
Department of Radiology, University College Hospital; Department of Radiology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Department of Neurology, University Teaching Hospital of Kamenge, University of Burundi, Bujumbura, Burundi.
Stroke Action Nigeria, Ime Obi Ogbeoza, Onitsha, Nigeria.
Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku- Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria. Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria.
World Stroke Organization, Geneva, Switzerland/ Stroke Association, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique.
Neurology Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine/Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, Lagos, Nigeria.
Department of Neurology, Yaoundé Central Hospital & Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé , Yaoundé, Cameroon; Brain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN), Geneva, CH/Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Department of Medicine, North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, UK.
Clinique Neurologique, C.H.U. Fann, Dakar, Senegal.
Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
National Stroke Research Institute, Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Preventive Medicine, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria.
Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Centre for Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Abstract summary
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 " the ASO will harness the power of diversity, inclusiveness, togetherness, and team work to build a strong, enduring, and impactful platform for tackling stroke in Africa.
Authors & Co-authors:
Akinyemi
Sarfo
Abd-Allah
Ogun
Belo
Francis
Mateus
Bateman
Naidoo
Charway-Felli
Akpalu
Wahab
Napon
Arulogun
Ebenezer
Ekeng
Scola
Hamzat
Zimba
Ossou-Nguiet
Ademokoya
Adebayo
Ayele
Vaz
Ogbole
Barasukan
Melifonwu
Onwuekwe
Belson
Damasceno
Okubadejo
Njamnshi
Ogeng'o
Walker
Diop
Ogunniyi
Kalaria
Sandercock
Davis
Brainin
Ovbiagele
Owolabi
Study Outcome
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