World Stroke Day

60 per cent of people suffering from stroke in India face various degrees of disability, says doctors

The whitepaper carries key recommendations for policymakers to build a stroke-ready India, including creating a task force comprising neurologists, neurointerventionalists, EMS personnel.

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29 October is World Stroke Day; WHO’s perspective and efforts in dealing with the malady

Around 70% of strokes occur in low- and middle-income countries, where the incidence of stroke has more than doubled over the last four decades, and where, on average, a stroke occurs to people 15 years earlier than it does in high-income countries.

World Stroke Day

60 per cent of people suffering from stroke in India face various degrees of disability, says doctors

29 October is World Stroke Day; WHO’s perspective and efforts in dealing with the malady

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