World Stroke Day Editorial

Diabetes Dictating Policy: An Editorial Commemorating World Health Day 2016

The 21st century is an era of great challenge for humankind; we are combating terrorism, climate change, poverty, human rights issues and last but not least non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The burden of the latter has become so large that it is being recognized by world leaders globally as an area that it is in need of much greater attention. In light of this concern, the World Health Organiz...

World Stroke Day.

Every day, worldwide, tens of thousands of people’s lives are changed for the worse because of a stroke. In the United States, every 45 seconds someone will suffer a new or recurrent stroke; every 3.1 minutes someone will die from a stroke.1 Others will have warnings of stroke, which will go largely unheeded, and if heeded, often will go unaddressed. And yet, many strokes can be prevented and t...

World stroke day.

The World Stroke Day (WSD) is celebrated annually on October 29th. The aim of it is to encourage us each to join the global fight against stroke. Every other second, an adult or a child, a man or a woman, old or young, suffers a stroke. Furthermore, every sixth second, someone dies because of stroke. If a stroke victim survives, he/she is often severely disabled for the rest of his/her life. St...

World Stroke Day — October 29, 2014

World Stroke Day — October 29, 2013