Stroke services in Africa: What is there and what is needed

Tamer Roushdy; Hany Aref; Selma Kesraoui; Michael Temgoua; Kiatoko Ponte Nono; Meron Awraris Gebrewold; Waweru Peter; Urvashy Gopaul; Mohammed Faouzi Belahsen; Djibrilla Ben-Adji; Rita Melifonwu; Sanjeev Pugazhendhi; Noëmie Woodcock; Muhyadin Hassan Mohamed; Anastasia Rossouw; Sarah Matuja; Mark Koba Ruanda; Chokri Mhiri; Deanna Saylor; Nevine El Nahas; Hossam Shokri

doi:10.1177/17474930211066416

Stroke services in Africa: What is there and what is needed

Tamer Roushdy, Hany Aref, Selma Kesraoui, Michael Temgoua, Kiatoko Ponte Nono, Meron Awraris Gebrewold, Waweru Peter, Urvashy Gopaul, Mohammed Faouzi Belahsen, Djibrilla Ben-Adji, Rita Melifonwu, Sanjeev Pugazhendhi, Noëmie Woodcock, Muhyadin Hassan Mohamed, Anastasia Rossouw, Sarah Matuja, Mark Koba Ruanda, Chokri Mhiri, Deanna Saylor, Nevine El NahasHossam Shokri

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	972-982
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Stroke
Volume	17
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930211066416
State	Published - Oct 2022

Keywords

Africa
Stroke specialists
active corrective procedures
postdischarge services
stroke care services
stroke services
stroke-related health services

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Clinical Neurology
Neurology

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Roushdy, T., Aref, H., Kesraoui, S., Temgoua, M., Nono, K. P., Gebrewold, M. A., Peter, W., Gopaul, U., Belahsen, M. F., Ben-Adji, D., Melifonwu, R., Pugazhendhi, S., Woodcock, N., Mohamed, M. H., Rossouw, A., Matuja, S., Ruanda, M. K., Mhiri, C., Saylor, D., ... Shokri, H. (2022). Stroke services in Africa: What is there and what is needed. International Journal of Stroke, 17(9), 972-982. https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930211066416

Roushdy, T, Aref, H, Kesraoui, S, Temgoua, M, Nono, KP, Gebrewold, MA, Peter, W, Gopaul, U, Belahsen, MF, Ben-Adji, D, Melifonwu, R, Pugazhendhi, S, Woodcock, N, Mohamed, MH, Rossouw, A, Matuja, S, Ruanda, MK, Mhiri, C, Saylor, D, Nahas, NE & Shokri, H 2022, 'Stroke services in Africa: What is there and what is needed', International Journal of Stroke, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 972-982. https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930211066416

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