World Stroke Day

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

World Stroke Day 2008: "little strokes, big trouble".

W orld Stroke Day is a day with a message for every day: " Stroke is a treatable and preventable catastrophe. " This year and every subsequent year it will be on October 29th. The theme for this year is " Little strokes, big trouble ". During the World Stroke Congress in Vancouver in 2004, a working group was organized to develop a global agenda for stroke. The 2007 World Stroke Day theme was "...