The outcome of a stroke depends on where you are treated!
– please have a look at our Mapping Tool to see the coverage of the hospitals.
Since 2021, more than 1000 health care professionals (physicians, nurses) have participated in medical education events and ten stroke team leaders have attended an Angels’ Initiative “Train-The-Trainers”-Workshop empowering them as trainers and local stroke advocates.
In the last 15 months, we gave 25 face-to-face-trainings in hospitals and a monthly webinar series educates about latest scientific updates.
A network with regular case discussions and exchange connects 100 physicians and nurses.
“When somebody has a stroke, every second that goes by is crucial. As brain tissue and neurons begin to fade away, time could not be more precious.”
(World Stroke Day Campaign, 2021).
Over the past two years we have reached 2.5 million people in Nepal through social media campaigns using platforms like Instagram®, Facebook®, Tiktok® and Twitter®: Read our blog post in the International Journal of Stroke.
We have delivered the stroke message to people in everyday situations: Health camps were held in three major cities of Nepal with distribution of information materials, lectures, and counselling of vascular risk factors.
To ensure quality monitoring, 22 participating hospital stroke teams have received a “hands-on”-training on RES-Q, a tool aiming to monitor, analyze and improve stroke care quality.
The finalization of a nationwide stroke protocol and the accreditation of training manuals represent first steps, while key components of a comprehensive National Road Map for Stroke Care are presently in progress.