Tamer Roushdy1, Hany Aref1, Selma Kesraoui2, Michael Temgoua3, Kiatoko Ponte Nono4, Meron Awraris Gebrewold5, Waweru Peter6, Urvashy Gopaul7,8, Mohammed Faouzi Belahsen9, Djibrilla Ben-Adji10, Rita Melifonwu11, Sanjeev Pugazhendhi12, Noëmie Woodcock13, Muhyadin Hassan Mohamed14, Anastasia Rossouw15, Sarah Matuja16, Mark Koba Ruanda17, Chokri Mhiri18, Deanna Saylor19,20, Nevine El Nahas1, Hossam Shokri1. 1. Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. 2. Department of Neurology, Blida Hospital University, Blida, Algeria. 3. Institute of Applied Neurosciences and Functional Rehabilitation, Bethesda Hospital, Yaoundè, Cameroon. 4. Initiative Plus Hospital Center, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 5. College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 6. Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. 7. University of Mauritius, Moka, Mauritius. 8. KITE-University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, ON, Canada. 9. Neurology Department, Hassan II University Hospital, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco. 10. Centre Hospitalier Régional (CHR) de Maradi, Maradi, Niger. 11. Stroke Rehabilitation, Stroke Action Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria. 12. Ministry of Health, Victoria, Seychelles. 13. Seychelles Stroke Foundation, Mahe, Seychelles. 14. Department of Neurology, East Africa University Hospital, Bosaso, Somalia. 15. Frere Hospital, East London, South Africa. 16. Department of Internal Medicine, Bugando Medical Centre/Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania. 17. Emergency Medicine Department, Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Zanzibar, Tanzania. 18. Department of Neurology, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia. 19. Department of Medicine, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. 20. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Over the past few years, the incidence and prevalence of stroke has been rising in most African countries and has been reported as one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. To study this problem, we need to realize the quality and availability of stroke care services as a priori to improve them. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this study, we investigated the availability of different stroke-related services in 17 countries from different African regions. An online survey was conducted and fulfilled by stroke specialists and included primary prevention, acute management, diagnostic tools, medications, postdischarge services, and stroke registries. The results showed that although medications for secondary prevention are available, yet many other services are lacking in various countries. CONCLUSION: This study displays the deficient aspects of stroke services in African countries as a preliminary step toward active corrective procedures for the improvement of stroke-related health services.
BACKGROUND: Over the past few years, the incidence and prevalence of stroke has been rising in most African countries and has been reported as one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. To study this problem, we need to realize the quality and availability of stroke care services as a priori to improve them. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this study, we investigated the availability of different stroke-related services in 17 countries from different African regions. An online survey was conducted and fulfilled by stroke specialists and included primary prevention, acute management, diagnostic tools, medications, postdischarge services, and stroke registries. The results showed that although medications for secondary prevention are available, yet many other services are lacking in various countries. CONCLUSION: This study displays the deficient aspects of stroke services in African countries as a preliminary step toward active corrective procedures for the improvement of stroke-related health services.
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Africa; Stroke specialists; active corrective procedures; postdischarge services; stroke care services; stroke services; stroke-related health services
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Yimin Chen; Shuiquan Yang; Marina Roje Bedekovic; Martin Čabal; Dusan Tenora; Petr Fibrich; Pavel Dušek; Helena Hlaváčová; Emanuela Hrabanovska; Lubomír Jurák; Jana Kadlčíková; Igor Karpowicz; Lukáš Klečka; Martin Kovář; Jiří Neumann; Hana Paloušková; Martin Reiser; Vladimir Rohan; Libor Šimůnek; Ondreij Skoda; Miroslav Škorňa; Martin Šrámek; Nicolas Drenck; Khalid Sobh; Emilie Lesaine; Candice Sabben; Peggy Reiner; Francois Rouanet; Daniel Strbian; Stefan Boskamp; Joshua Mbroh; Simon Nagel; Michael Rosenkranz; Sven Poli; Götz Thomalla; Theodoros Karapanayiotides; Ioanna Koutroulou; Odysseas Kargiotis; Lina Palaiodimou; José Dominguo Barrientos Guerra; Vikram Huded; Shashank Nagendra; Chintan Prajapati; P N Sylaja; Achmad Firdaus Sani; Abdoreza Ghoreishi; Mehdi Farhoudi; Elyar Sadeghi Hokmabadi; Mazyar Hashemilar; Sergiu Ionut Sabetay; Fadi Rahal; Maurizio Acampa; Alessandro Adami; Marco Longoni; Raffaele Ornello; Leonardo Renieri; Michele Romoli; Simona Sacco; Andrea Salmaggi; Davide Sangalli; Andrea Zini; Kenichiro Sakai; Hiroki Fukuda; Kyohei Fujita; Hirotoshi Imamura; Miyake Kosuke; Manabu Sakaguchi; Kazutaka Sonoda; Yuji Matsumaru; Nobuyuki Ohara; Seigo Shindo; Yohei Takenobu; Takeshi Yoshimoto; Kazunori Toyoda; Takeshi Uwatoko; Nobuyuki Sakai; Nobuaki Yamamoto; Ryoo Yamamoto; Yukako Yazawa; Yuri Sugiura; Jang-Hyun Baek; Si Baek Lee; Kwon-Duk Seo; Sung-Il Sohn; Jin Soo Lee; Anita Ante Arsovska; Chan Yong Chieh; Wan Asyraf Wan Zaidi; Wan Nur Nafisah Wan Yahya; Fernando Gongora-Rivera; Manuel Martinez-Marino; Adrian Infante-Valenzuela; Diederik Dippel; Dianne H K van Dam-Nolen; Teddy Y Wu; Martin Punter; Tajudeen Temitayo Adebayo; Abiodun H Bello; Taofiki Ajao Sunmonu; Kolawole Wasiu Wahab; Antje Sundseth; Amal M Al Hashmi; Saima Ahmad; Umair Rashid; Liliana Rodriguez-Kadota; Miguel Ángel Vences; Patrick Matic Yalung; Jon Stewart Hao Dy; Waldemar Brola; Aleksander Dębiec; Malgorzata Dorobek; Michal Adam Karlinski; Beata M Labuz-Roszak; Anetta Lasek-Bal; Halina Sienkiewicz-Jarosz; 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