1. Priorities to reduce the burden of stroke in Latin American countries
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Carlos Abanto Argomedo, Walter M Camargo Villareal, Pablo M Lavados Germain, Mário Muñoz Collazos, Miguel Á Velázquez Blanco, Werner Hacke, Carlos Cantú-Brito, Leonardo A Carbonera, Sebastián F. Ameriso, Maria F Marinho, Fernando Góngora-Rivera, Liliana Rodriguez Kadota, Carlos A Arbo Oze de Morvil, Valery L. Feigin, Paulo F Piza Teixeira, Sheila Cristina Ouriques Martins, Irving R Santos Carquin, Nelson Novarro-Escudero, Gisele Sampaio Silva, Juan Carlos Durán, Eduardo D Gomes de Sousa, Anselm Hennis, João José Freitas de Carvalho, Germán Enrique Pérez Romero, Alan Flores, Michael Brainin, Felipe Fagundes Soares, Gloria Meza Rojas, Tony F Álvarez Guzmán, Miguel Á Celis López, Javier I Maldonado Figueredo, Claudio Sacks, Nelson Maldonado, Miguel A Barboza, Arnold Hoppe Wiegering, Norberto L. Cabral, Rubens José Gagliardi, Patrice Lindsay, Carla H.C. Moro, Jamary Oliveira-Filho, Katia de Pinho Campos, Craig S. Anderson, Daissy L Mora Cuervo, Vivian Pérez Jimenez, Raul G Nogueira, Ivete Pillo Gonçalves, Roberto Crosa, Ana C de Souza, José E Fogolin Passos, Diana Vaca McGhie, Salvador Cruz-Flores, Jorge Arturo Hancco-Saavedra, Octavio M. Pontes-Neto, and Francisco de Assis Figueiredo
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Economic growth ,Latin Americans ,Health Policy ,Incidence ,Declaration ,MEDLINE ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,medicine.disease ,Unmet needs ,Stroke ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Latin America ,Cost of Illness ,Political science ,Action plan ,Stroke prevention ,medicine ,Prevalence ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Neurology (clinical) ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Health policy - Abstract
Summary 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.
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- 2018