University of Warwick, England

Rural South Africa faces stroke crisis similar to affluent Western countries

Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, March 30th, 2004

Debilitating strokes are an increasing threat and burden to rural South Africa and the health care services of poor developing countries require urgent adaptation to control the coming epidemic of vascular disease, reveals a new report "Prevalence of stroke survivors in rural South Africa", by Professor Margaret Thorogood from the University of Warwick, England.

Until now, little has been known about the burden of stroke in sub-Saharan Africa. The Southern African Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI) is a multidisciplinary study set up to assess the burden and prevalence of stroke in a deprived rural area.

The research, published in the March 2004...

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Source: Cardiovascular Business Week (2004-03-30)

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