May 10, 2021
On European Stroke Awareness Day, Tuesday 11 May 2021, Health Ministries across Europe are asked to sign the Declaration for Action on the Stroke Action Plan for Europe.
Led by The European Stroke Organisation and Stroke Alliance for Europe, the initiative aims to encourage European countries to show their commitment to improving stroke prevention, treatment, care and support, by signing the Stroke Action Plan for Europe Declaration and add their voice to the fight against stroke across Europe.
Find out more actionplan.eso-stroke.org/
May 10, 2021
New research announced today (11 May 2021), European Stroke Awareness Day will develop micro-robots to unblock blood vessels and fight stroke from within.
A new ground-breaking project, ANGIE, funded by the EU, aims to develop nano-surgeons that will enter the body to treat blood clots.
The ANGIE project will develop a radical, new technology for localised, targeted drug delivery based on steerable wireless nanodevices, capable of navigating the body vascular system to deliver drugs where no other instrument can go. ANGIE will offer health professionals vastly improved intervention capacity to tackle multiple chronic diseases and enable them to deliver drugs precisely where needed, with minimal side effects.
Read more www.h2020-angie.eu and https://www.safestroke.eu/angie/
May 4, 2021
Professor Anita Arsovska will be joining our 2nd Life after stroke webinar: Intimacy and sex after stroke: how to start the conversation as chair.
Anita is Professor of Neurology at the University “Ss Cyril and Methodius”, Faculty of Medicine in Skopje, North Macedonia. She has a keen interest in the ongoing care and life after stroke for stroke survivors.
Anita says “Discussing intimacy concerns after stroke is a delicate conversation for both stroke survivors and health care professionals. But it is one we must have. I would encourage everyone to come and join us in a safe environment to start thinking about this important conversation”.
Find out more about the session here: elasf.org
Register for free here: bit.ly/3edVHxp
Apr 28, 2021
The European Stroke Organisation (ESO) has been working on establishing new guidelines for stroke. Get first-hand information about upcoming ESO guidelines and register for the webinar.
Four speakers will present the following new guidelines:
- Covert Small Vessel Disease – Joanna Wardlaw
- Endarterectomy and Stenting for Carotid Artery Stenosis – Leo Bonati
- Blood Pressure Management in Acute Ischaemic Stroke and Intracerebral Haemorrhage – Else Charlotte Sandset
- Management of Space-Occupying Brain Infarction – Bart van der Worp
Registration is open and free to all.
Apr 16, 2021
The second in our series of free interactive webinars on Life After Stroke – Intimacy and sex after stroke: how to start the conversation, on 20 May, is now open for registration bit.ly/3edVHxp
Intimacy and sex are important. However, for many stroke survivors this an uncomfortable subject with many struggling to come to terms with their ‘new’ body or identity and coping with the implications of this. Additionally, many healthcare professionals do not feel confident or able to talk about sex or to know how to best advise and support patients or their families.
This session will share insights from several perspectives and suggest how we might begin positive and open conversations about intimacy. It also underlines the need for greater awareness about sex and intimacy after stroke.
Register at bit.ly/3edVHxp
If you missed our first event, Priorities, challenges and ways forward, you can now catch up on demand at elasf.org
Mar 8, 2021
Join speakers Bo Norrving, Juliet Bouverie, Caterina Pistarini and Liam Healy at the first webinar in the Life After Stroke series on 12 March 9.45 to 11.30 CET.
Also joining the session is Alexia Kountouri, Ambassador for Stroke in Cyprus, who will share her personal experiences of life after stroke.
‘The Life After Stroke webinar series promises to deliver a truly 360-degree view of the best in current practices in stroke from the perspective of all involved. One of those events you will want to say “I was there”’ says Nuno Ferreira, Associate Professor, University of Nicosia and European Life After Stroke Forum Committee Member
Find out more about the session here: https://bit.ly/2NilTNl
Register for free here https://bit.ly/3cXlJFR
Mar 8, 2021
Professor Valeria Caso, stroke neurologist and former president of the European Stroke Organisation and Dr Fracesco Corea recently presented on the full operation of the clinical study with 15 participating centres in Italy.
This is part of the PRESTIGE-AF research project which is a European Union funded PRESTIGE-AF stroke research project to undertake a major clinical trial across Spain, Italy, France, the UK, Germany, and Austria. The trial is investigating recommended medication for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation.
The webinar is available here
Mar 8, 2021
The British Association of Stroke Physicians (BASP) are hosting a series of free educational webinars for their members and the wider stroke community. Each month an expert in their field will deliver a webinar, providing an opportunity for questions at the end.
For details of forthcoming webinars visit https://www.basp.org/virtual-learning-hub/
Feb 26, 2021
We are delighted to introduce you to our new co-chair for the Life After Stroke Forum meeting on the 12 March 2021
Jurg Schwyter will be joining the opening webinar session, Life after stroke: priorities, challenges and ways forward, as co-chair. As a linguist, stroke survivor and aphasiac, Jurg wants to reach out about the impact of a stroke on language, communication and multilingualism.
Find out more about the session here: https://bit.ly/2NilTNl
Register for free here https://bit.ly/3cXlJFR
Feb 26, 2021
The European Stroke Organisation has published a new guideline on Intravenous Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke in the European Stroke Journal.
This is the first in a series of up to 10 new guidelines that are expected to be published in 2021 with additional guidelines to follow in 2022.
