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

Published:2022-01-04 Issue:9 Volume:17 Page:972-982
ISSN:1747-4930
Container-title:International Journal of Stroke
language:en
Short-container-title:International Journal of Stroke

Author:

Roushdy Tamer¹,Aref Hany¹^ORCID,Kesraoui Selma²,Temgoua Michael³,Nono Kiatoko Ponte⁴,Gebrewold Meron Awraris⁵^ORCID,Peter Waweru⁶,Gopaul Urvashy⁷⁸,Belahsen Mohammed Faouzi⁹,Ben-Adji Djibrilla¹⁰,Melifonwu Rita¹¹^ORCID,Pugazhendhi Sanjeev¹²,Woodcock Noëmie¹³,Mohamed Muhyadin Hassan¹⁴,Rossouw Anastasia¹⁵,Matuja Sarah¹⁶,Ruanda Mark Koba¹⁷,Mhiri Chokri¹⁸,Saylor Deanna¹⁹²⁰,Nahas Nevine El¹,Shokri Hossam¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

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.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Neurology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/17474930211066416

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