World Stroke Academy

The World Stroke Academy is the educational platform of the World Stroke Organization that provides high-quality stroke education to healthcare professionals.

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African Educational Initiative

The World Stroke Organization (WSO) is committed to addressing the rising burden of stroke in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where stroke deaths are projected to increase dramatically by 2050. Through strategic collaborations, including with MERZ Therapeutics, WSO aims to improve stroke care and rehabilitation services, enhance healthcare professional training, and implement evidence-based protocols and stroke units. These efforts focus on scalable solutions to bridge disparities and expand access to quality stroke care in underserved regions.

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Stroke Checklists

The Stroke Checklist project aim is to develop and disseminate actionable, evidence-based stroke care checklists relevant to a global audience in their everyday clinical practice. These checklists address a variety of stroke-related topics ranging from hyperacute thrombolysis and endovascular care to secondary prevention management and rehabilitation. With an emphasis on supportive management, these checklists are deigned to be adaptable to different local resource settings.

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Congress Webcasts

Teaching sessions from the 15th World Stroke Congress in Toronto (October 2023) and previous congresses.

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#LifeAfterStroke

By improving the knowledge and facilitating tools and resources for advocacy for healthcare providers, people living with stroke and caregivers, the WSA Life After Stroke program aims to help in closing the existing gaps and raise the awareness around important topics such as the management of stroke-related spasticity, depression and anxiety, dementia and cognitive impairment and more.

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#WomenInStroke

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we at the World Stroke Academy want to celebrate the achievements and careers of Women in Stroke and recognize their contributions, research and mentoring. We interviewed outstanding women who are nominated by World Stroke Organization Board members for their important work in the field of stroke and asked them to contribute with short case studies, featuring female patients.

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Our partners and sponsors

Achieving our vision of a life free from stroke is a task that WSO cannot achieve alone. We are committed to building our partnerships at the global, regional and national level to scale up and deliver improvements in prevention, treatment and support to reduce the burden of stroke.