[ em inglês ] Initiatives that make a difference: Inform – Prevent. World Stroke Day falls on the 29^th of October each year. It has been marked as a day of global action and awareness of stroke and its burden on millions of people worldwide, directly or indirectly affected. It is also the perfect day to focus on campaigns that aim to have an impact by influencing policies towards a further improvement of the stroke care system. Many regions across Europe have joined the cause by organizing events to raise awareness on stroke. In Spain, informative events and initiatives took place in Catalonia, Community of Madrid, Seville, Navarra and Valencia.

[texto em espanhol] El miércoles, 5 de junio, el Colegio de Médicos de Navarra acogió la formación especializada “Toma de decisiones y manejo de la fase aguda del ictus”, organizado por el Departamento de Salud del Gobierno de Navarra, en colaboración con la iniciativa Angels, y liderado por la Dra. Nuria Aymerich, coordinadora de la Unidad de Ictus del Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN).

The ICTUSnet project was presented in the 5th European Stroke Organization Conference (ESOC) that took place in Milan (Italy) on May 22-24 2019. Members of the ICTUSnet network exposed the objectives, methods, results and expectations of the project during an e-Poster session. ESOC is the premier European forum for stroke research and rapidly becoming the world’s foremost platform for the release of major trial data.

[texto em espanhol] Fundació Ictus, socio de ICTUSnet, participó el pasado jueves 9 de mayo en la reunión regional de la Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE). El encuentro, que tuvo lugar en París, reunió a las organizaciones de Irlanda, Reino Unido, Escocia, Francia, Holanda y Grecia para compartir el trabajo realizado por cada entidad en el último año.

[texto em inglês] IACS team, leading the work package on Acute Stroke Care, presented in the last Steering Committee held in Palma de Mallorca in April, 2019 the proof of concept for the evaluation and benchmarking of Acute Stroke Care plans across the ICTUSnet regions.