Stroke leader and WSO Global Policy Committee member, Dr Epiphania Collantes calls for action from governments to deliver better and more equitable stroke outcomes for ALL patients by ensuring access to quality stroke care aligned with the WSO roadmap

Well if the WSO would just DO THEIR FUCKING JOB, namely creation of 100% recovery protocols then this call to action could accomplish something. But NO, you pass the buck and once again are irrelevant to stroke survivors. 

 Stroke leader and WSO Global Policy Committee member, Dr Epiphania Collantes calls for action from governments to deliver better and more equitable stroke outcomes for ALL patients by ensuring access to quality stroke care aligned with the WSO roadmap

You do realize you are NOT A LEADER in any sense of the word.

Key advocacy priorities

Stroke is gaining ground globally – over the past 10 years the lifetime risk of stroke in adults over 25 has risen from 1 in 6 to 1 in 4. Over 100 million people in the world have experienced stroke and projections for the next decades suggest that this number will increase strongly. The global cost of stroke looks set to hit US$1 trillion. It is clear that the long-term personal and socioeconomic impact of stroke requires specific policy and action. WSO has identified five advocacy priorities to drive the development and implementation of evidence-based policy stroke.

1 Stroke prevention - reducing exposure to stroke risk factors; implementing and promoting motivational mobile technologies; facilitating access to low dose combination medications in one polypill for specific groups and investing in the training and deployment of community health workers.

2 Stroke recognition – improving public awareness of the signs of stroke and the benefits of timely access to quality acute stroke care.(NOT RESULTS OR RECOVERY)

3 Stroke services – ensuring context-specific implementation of its Global Stroke Services Guideline and Action Plan and its companion WSO Roadmap to Delivering Quality Stroke Care throughout the world. (Neither which provides anything close to a protocol. Do you not understand stroke survivor requirements?)

4 Life after stroke - ensuring people affected by stroke have access to neuro-rehabilitation units and when needed to long-term rehabilitation and support that is essential for health, well-being and social participation. WSO invests in and advocates for the meaningful involvement of stroke survivors and caregivers in the development of national, regional and global policy.

5 Action and accountability – WSO calls for bolder actions from both governmental and non-governmental organisations, including taxation from sugar loaded drinks, tobacco and alcohol (STAX) towards improving stroke treatment, prevention and rehabilitation services and to enhance population-based prevention programmes. WSO supports and advocates for the development and delivery of evidence-based comprehensive measures that encompass prevention, acute care, rehabilitation and support. (So the WSO is responsible for nothing. You're totally fucking useless)

 

 A bunch of blathering videos at the link,TL;DW (Too long,didn't watch, didn't want to waste my time)