08 June 2022

WSO Global Policy Webinar – Digital solutions in stroke prevention

08 June 2022

The webinar is to share and discuss the current state of the availability and use of digital technologies for primordial and primary stroke prevention in developed and developing countries, with the emphasis on gaps, practical issues and solutions.

Co chairs:

Valery Feigin, Director and Professor of the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences at the AUT University of Auckland and Affiliate Professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington
Jeyaraj D Pandian, Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India, Vice-President WSO

Speakers:

Valery Feigin, Director and Professor of the National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences at the AUT University of Auckland and Affiliate Professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington
Jeyaraj D Pandian, Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India, Vice-President WSO
Mayowa Owolabi, Professor Lead Co-Chair, World Stroke Organization - World Health Organization - Lancet Neurology Commission on Stroke
Sheila Martins,Stroke neurologist, President of Brazilian Stroke Network, President-Elect, World Stroke Organization

Topics:

Digital technologies for primary stroke prevention: overview and solutions (V Feigin)
Practical issues and experience of using digital technologies for primary stroke prevention by health volunteers (J Pandian)
Digital technologies for primordial stroke prevention: primordial and societal approach (M Owolabi)
Holistic approach for digital primary stroke prevention: experience from Brazil (S Martins)

Learning objectives:

Understanding of primordial and primary stroke prevention strategies
Understanding of types of digital technologies for stroke prevention
Understanding of level of requirements justifying the use of digital technologies for stroke prevention
Understanding of criteria for basic, advanced and ideal digital technologies for stroke prevention
Understanding of practical ways of using digital technologies for primary stroke prevention by health volunteers
Understanding importance of primordial and societal strategies in stroke prevention
Understanding of strategies for practical implementation of digital primary stroke prevention technologies

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