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Priorities to reduce the burden of stroke in Latin American countries

  • Sheila C. Ouriques Martins
  • , Claudio Sacks
  • , Werner Hacke
  • , Michael Brainin
  • , Francisco de Assis Figueiredo
  • , Octávio Marques Pontes-Neto
  • , Pablo M. Lavados Germain
  • , Maria F. Marinho
  • , Arnold Hoppe Wiegering
  • , Diana Vaca McGhie
  • , Salvador Cruz-Flores
  • , Sebastian F. Ameriso
  • , Walter M. Camargo Villareal
  • , Juan Carlos Durán
  • , José E. Fogolin Passos
  • , Raul Gomes Nogueira
  • , João J. Freitas de Carvalho
  • , Gisele Sampaio Silva
  • , Carla H. Cabral Moro
  • , Jamary Oliveira-Filho
  • Rubens Gagliardi, Eduardo D. Gomes de Sousa, Felipe Fagundes Soares, Katia de Pinho Campos, Paulo F. Piza Teixeira, Ivete Pillo Gonçalves, Irving R. Santos Carquin, Mário Muñoz Collazos, Germán E. Pérez Romero, Javier I. Maldonado Figueredo, Miguel A. Barboza, Miguel Celis López, Fernando Góngora-Rivera, Carlos Cantú-Brito, Nelson Novarro-Escudero, Miguel Velázquez Blanco, Carlos A. Arbo Oze de Morvil, Aurora B. Olmedo Bareiro, Gloria Meza Rojas, Alan Flores, Jorge Arturo Hancco-Saavedra, Vivian Pérez Jimenez, Carlos Abanto Argomedo, Liliana Rodriguez Kadota, Roberto Crosa, Daissy L. Mora Cuervo, Ana C. de Souza, Leonardo A. Carbonera, Tony F. Álvarez Guzmán, Nelson Maldonado, Norberto L. Cabral, Craig Anderson, Patrice Lindsay, Anselm Hennis, Valery L. Feigin*
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Brazilian Stroke Network
  • Hospital Moinhos de Vento
  • Department Genetics UFRGS and DASA
  • Ibero-American Stroke Organization
  • Universidad de Valparaíso
  • World Stroke Organization
  • Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
  • Danube University Krems
  • Brazilian Ministry of Health
  • Universidade de São Paulo
  • Clínica Alemana
  • Universidad del Desarrollo
  • University of Chile
  • American Heart Association and American Stroke Association
  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
  • Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia
  • Sociedad Boliviana de Neurología
  • Health Secretary of Bauru
  • Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology
  • Hospital Geral do Grajaù
  • Federal University of São Paulo
  • Brazilian Stroke Association
  • Federal University of Bahia
  • Santa Casa de São Paulo
  • Pan American Health Organization
  • World Health Organization
  • Health Secretary of Itaperuna
  • Ministerio de Salud de Chile
  • Emergency Hospital Public Assistance
  • Colombian Stroke Network
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Fundación Hospital San Carlos
  • Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia
  • CCSS-HRACG
  • Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia
  • Asociación Mexicana de Enfermedad Vascular Cerebral.
  • Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez
  • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
  • Pacífica Salud–Hospital Punta Pacífica
  • Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare of Paraguay
  • Instituto de Prevision Social
  • Círculo Paraguayo de Médicos
  • Universidad Nacional de Asunción
  • Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health)
  • Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Perú
  • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas
  • Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, EsSalud
  • Médica Uruguaya
  • University of Joinville
  • University of New South Wales
  • Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
  • Pan American Health Organization
  • Auckland University of Technology

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Abstract

The large and increasing burden of stroke in Latin American countries, and the need to meet the UN and WHO requirements for reducing the burden from non-communicable disorders (including stroke), brought together stroke experts and representatives of the Ministries of Health of 13 Latin American countries for the 1st Latin American Stroke Ministerial meeting in Gramado, Brazil, to discuss the problem and identify ways of cooperating to reduce the burden of stroke in the region. Discussions were focused on the regional and country-specific activities associated with stroke prevention and treatment, including public stroke awareness, prevention strategies, delivery and organisation of care, clinical practice gaps, and unmet needs. The meeting culminated with the adoption of the special Gramado Declaration, signed by all Ministerial officials who attended the meeting. With agreed priorities for stroke prevention, treatment, and research, an opportunity now exists to translate this Declaration into an action plan to reduce the burden of stroke.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)674-683
Number of pages10
JournalThe Lancet Neurology
Volume18
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019

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