WCN 2021 | Recommendations to establish stroke systems of care

Sheila Martins, MD, PhD, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, discusses the most significant challenges when implementing reperfusion therapies in low- and middle-income settings and shares recommendations to overcome those difficulties. The World Stroke Organization (WSO) created a road map to delivering quality stroke care, which is a resource that provides the framework for the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of stroke services globally. Prof. Martins reveals the various steps, including understanding the structure of the hospital, creating a multi-disciplinary stroke team, organizing the stroke pathway in the hospital, and educating the population to recognize stroke signs. This interview took place during the XXV World Congress of Neurology.