Press Releases
WSO Press Releases
2013
2012
- WSO new president Stephen Davis takes on role as new global anti-stroke leader
- World Stroke Day 2012 - Solidarity is Power declares Global Anti-Stroke Organization on World Stroke Day
- World Stroke Campaign Symposium: "Ensuring Care and Support After Stroke" (World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 17 May 2012)
2011
- Stroke Survivors Denied Recovery
- Choose to eat less salt and reduce your risk of having a stroke
- WSO Honors Mothers and Sisters on International Women’s Day
- Stephen Davis Named President-Elect of the World Stroke Organization
- First Meeting of UN Funds, Programmes and Agencies on the Implementation of the Political Declaration of the High‐level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of NCDs
- World Stroke Day 2011 Message: His Excellency, Alexandre Padilha, Brazilian Minister of Health
- Brazil World Stroke Day 2011 - Jogadores de Ceará e Flu aderiram ao Dia Mundial de Combate ao AVC
- WSO determined to make the fight against stroke a global health priority
- OMI decidida a hacer de la lucha contra el ictus una prioridad de salud mundial
- Act Now,’ join people worldwide to reduce the threat of stroke
- Poor awareness of AF continues to put over 65s at risk of stroke
- Poor awareness of AF puts Londoners at risk of stroke
- World Stroke Day 2011 Editorial (IJS): WSO president Bo Norrving
- World Stroke Day 2011 Special Edition (IJS): Where are we six years on?
- Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2011; 32:304 "World Stroke Day"
- Global Atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control
- WSO to represent the global fight against stroke at UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs in New York
- Lives Cut Short: New Report Reveals Divide between Rich and Poor Countries for Premature Cardiovascular Disease Deaths
- World leaders make strong commitment to addressing the global NCD crisis
- Tentative Agenda: National Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases, 23-24 August 2011, New Delhi, India
- Poor countries have disproportionately higher burden of disease from stroke than from heart disease
2010
- Winners of the WSO World Stroke Day 2010 Awards Announced
- 29 October 2010: WSD 2010 - "Conquering Brain Attack" in The Nation (Malawi)
- 29 October 2010: WSD 2010 - TweeSteden ziekenhuis (Netherlands)
- 29 October 2010: WSD 2010 - Zwei Drittel de Schlaganfall patienten werden auf zertifizierten Stroke Units behandet (Germany)
- 29 October 2010: WSO Declares Public Health Emergency
- 28 October 2010: Nota de Prensa - Dia Nacional del Ictus: Sociedad Española de Neurologia (SEN)
- 28 October 2010: WSD 2010 - A lunchtime discussion at the Scottish Stroke Research Network
- 26 October 2010: Yksi kuudesta sairastuu aivoverenkiertohäiriöön - Maailmanlaajuinen aivohalvauskampanja alkaa 29.10 (Finland)
2009
