World Stroke Campaign Awards
Campaign awards recognize individuals and organizations who have gone the extra mile to raise awareness of stroke prevention and stroke symptom awareness.
Campaign awards recognize individuals and organizations who have gone the extra mile to raise awareness of stroke prevention and stroke symptom awareness.
World Stroke Campaign Awards recognize key achievements in raising awareness of the World Stroke Day campaign themes and messages. In addition to celebrating the work of our members, Campaign Awards are also a way to identify and share good practice and innovation in stroke awareness campaigning around the world.
Following World Stroke Day each year we open our awards for submissions and nominations. welcome submissions and nominations for awards in each of the categories listed below. Award winners are featured here, on social media channels, in the WSO Annual Report and receive free annual membership of the World Stroke Organization.
This award category celebrates individuals whose commitment, creativity and achievement have raised awareness of the key theme of World Stroke Day.
Apply for an awardStroke is on the rise globally with low and middle-income countries making up an increasing proportion of the global stroke burden. Low public awareness of stroke prevention, issues with healthcare system capacity and limited financial resources pose particular challenges to campaigns in these countries. We want to recognize the dedication and impact organizations in these countries have made to overcoming barriers and raising awareness of stroke prevention treatment and care issues among the public, healthcare professionals and policy makers.
Apply for an awardWith high stroke prevalence, competition for public attention and resources - as well as increasing demands for information, support and services -high-income countries have their own challenges when World Stroke Day comes around. We want to recognize the work of organizations in these countries to raise awareness of stroke as a national and global issue.
Apply for an awardThe Association for Stroke and Aphasia Bulgaria translated and distributed WSO’s World Stroke Day posters, videos and Minutes Save Lives materials across the country and also secured full support from the Ministry of Health to initiate the development of a National Stroke Action Plan with a large platform of experts including the Association for Stroke and Aphasia.
Read moreWith a campaign that stopped traffic, engaged media and shared the signs of stroke in public spaces across the country, this Argentinian Stroke Support Organization scopped its second campaign award in five years.
Read moreDr Joseph Rukelibuga led an impressive inaugural World Stroke Day Campaign in Rwanda, building goverment commitment to stroke care development and putting in place foundations for future advocacy and awareness efforts in the country.
Read moreDr Bindu Menon's mobile stroke service improves access to prevention advice and treatment in rural India.
Two Campaign Awards were announced in 2022. Dawa Tschering of the Bhutan Stroke Association was recognized with an Inidividual Achievement Award, while the Insitite of Neurological Sciences in Peru won the award for Best Campaign in a Low-Middle Income Country
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