I am assuming that the B Norrving as writer of this is the same person who used to be the president of the World Stroke Organization. When he was president he should have tackled these problems. Thats what a Great stroke association would do. To complain about it now seems rather tacky.
http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=23319486&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nih%2Fbxxu+%28Stroke+rehabilitation%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
Until 4 decades ago, the rates of stroke in low- and middle-income
countries were considerably lower than those in more economically robust
countries. In the intervening years, however, the rates of stroke in
places such as southern India and rural South Africa have approximately
doubled, whereas stroke rates in more economically developed nations
have decreased. What is far more striking is that rates of disability
and mortality arising from stroke are at least 10 times greater in
medically underserved regions of the world compared with the most
developed nations. The causes of these disparities are clear: above all,
there is a lack of primary care treatment to screen patients for stroke
risk and to mitigate risk factors. In addition, the lack of access to
common drugs and basic medical equipment, as well as the lack of
poststroke follow-up programs, rehabilitation, and secondary stroke
prevention, means that individuals who would, in countries with better
medical care, likely recover from stroke, instead have high rates of
death and disability. Several global organizations, most notably the
World Health Organization, have formulated and begun to implement public
health programs to address these underserved regions. Their success
depends on the support and expansion of these efforts so that short-term
response to stroke, long-term stroke prevention and care, and screening
and treatment of poststroke disabilities can be improved in underserved
regions and the human and economic burden on these populations can be
minimized.
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