Media Resources

Hear from Joseph Rukelibuga (Founder of Stroke Action Rwanda) about his lived experience of stroke.

Hear from Melinda B. Roaldsen (Associate Professor, MD) about her lived experience of stroke.

This framework aims to guide countries in strengthening the care of ACS and stroke, ultimately contributing to a reduction of CVD morbidity and premature mortality, aligned with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.4.

Global stroke policy brief, highilighting the global stroke burden and actions to improve prevention, treatment and recovery from stroke as part of the NCD response. Published by the Global Stroke Action Coalition.

Time for a Revolution sets out the evidence base for and the opportunities that exist to advance access to quality acute stroke care. Published jointly by WSO and Philips.

This WSO policy brief outlines key challenges and opportunities to reduce the global burden of stroke through evidence-based interventions at policy and healthcare system level. The brief draws on WHO Best Buys for tackling NCDs1 and the World Stroke Organization–Lancet Neurology Commission ‘Pragmatic solutions to reduce the global burden of stroke’2. These documents set out key actions that will assist governments to deliver on their commitments on non-communicable disease (NCD) reduction.

The current updates to Appendix 3, formulated in response to decisions WHA72(11) (2019) and WHA75(11) (2022), complement existing global strategies and action plans and several new technical products that support the implementation road map 2023‒-2030 for the global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013‒2030, including the WHO menu of cost-effectiveness interventions for mental health.

This document includes for the first time, thrombectomy as cost-effective treatment treatment for stroke with the highest evidence base for impact.