Improving stroke prevention and care across Europe
In a bid to provide better care to patients and implement national strategies to reduce the risk of strokes, we hear from the European Stroke Organisation as it begins to roll out its largest stroke project ever undertaken, The Stroke Action Plan for Europe.
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Implementation of the Stroke Action Plan for Europe 2018–2030 during coronavirus disease-2019
By Hanne Christensen and Francesca Romana Pezzella (chairs of the SAP-E Steering Committee)
Stroke can be prevented and treated but there remain massive inequalities in Europe. SAP-E has set targets for development of stroke care. COVID-19 pandemic has led to further challenges for stroke care and implementation of the Action Plan will rely on online meetings and resources as it is yet unforeseeable when things will return to normal.
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ESO and SAFE present the roadmap of implementation for the Stroke Action Plan for Europe (SAP-E) – a major initiative to reduce the burden of stroke in Europe
11.11.2020 Basel – The European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE) called for the first online working session to implement the Stroke Action Plan for Europe 2018-2030. Over 80 representatives from 52 participating countries were introduced to the roadmap of actions for the upcoming year of 2021.
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A unified European action plan on stroke
Launched in May 2018, the Stroke Action Plan for Europe (SAP-E) 2018–2030—a collaborative project by the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and the patient organisation Stroke Alliance For Europe (SAFE)—tries to fill these gaps in stroke care. The ambitious SAP-E aims to address the entire chain of care, and has established targets across seven domains (primary prevention, organisation of stroke services, management of acute stroke, secondary prevention, rehabilitation, evaluation of stroke outcome and quality assessment, and life after stroke) along with priorities for translational stroke research.
ESO and SAFE kick-off the implementation of the Stroke Action Plan for Europe (SAP-E) – a major initiative to reduce the burden of stroke in Europe
10.09.2020 Basel – European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE) initiated the implementation phase of the Stroke Action Plan for Europe 2018-2030, with a virtual meeting of over 80 experts from 52 countries, each involved within their national scientific societies or stroke support organisations.
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