WSO Stroke Prevention Webinars: Environment and Stroke

This webinar will cover topics related to the effects of climate change on stroke focusing on the impact on stroke incidence and potential opportunities to improve stroke prevention through environmentally focused interventions. The covered topics will also include the impact and interplay of the Covid-19 pandemic as it relates to the environment and stroke as well a discussion on concrete actions the global stroke community could take to optimize stroke prevention under the threat of a global climate crisis.

Co-Chairs:

A. Ranta, Professor Anna Ranta, Stroke Neurologist and Head of Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand

S. Ozturk, Prof of Neurology and head of the Neurology department and stroke center of the Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine in Konya, Turkey. President of The Turkish Neurological Society

Invited speakers:

M. Wasay, Aga Khan University Karachi, Pakistan

J. Reis, Faculté de Médecine , Université de strasbourg France

M. Giroud, Emerit Professor of Neurology in the University of Bourgogne- Franche Comte, France

A. Ranta, Professor Anna Ranta, Stroke Neurologist and Head of Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zeland

Topic: Environment and Stroke

- A changing environment: new challenges and opportunities (Jacques Reis)
- Air pollution and stroke (Mohammad Wasay)
- Environmental interventions for stroke prevention and mortality reduction (Maurice Giroud)
- Green spaces, climate change, and the stroke community (Anna Ranta)

Date and time:

10:00 - 11:30 CEST on 19 October, 2021

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