ABC Education Program Stroke Management reported at World Stroke Day Conference

On October 29, 2013, the World Stroke Day Conference took place in Hanoi, with the presence of Associate Prof. Nguyễn Thị Xuyên, Deputy Minister of Health, Prof. Stephen Davis, President of World Stroke Organization, and Prof. Michael Chopp, Scientific Director of Henry Ford Neuroscience Institute at Detroit, USA. The Conferenced also welcomed experts in the fields of neurology, intensive care, cardiology, geriatrics, and psychiatry, as well as over 1,000 doctors from hospitals in Hanoi and northern provinces. World's leading experts in strokes visited Vietnam to raise awareness of strokes and provided medical information on the prevention and treatment of strokes.

Professor Stephen Davis, President of World Stroke Organization and Director of the Melbourne Brain Centre and Neurology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia.

In Vietnam, the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients remain lacking due to limited awareness of strokes. Recurrences prove to be more acute and therefore more challenging. Early and standard treatment is required to decrease stroke mortality and sequelae.

Between 2008 and 2011, Ministry of Health and World Stroke Organization cooperated to organize ABC Education Program Stroke Management in 58 provinces along the country. 8,596 doctors from all provinces of Vietnam received medical training from world’s leading experts from World Stroke Organization and Vietnamese professors. All attendees of the program received certificates awarded by World Stroke Organization and Ministry of Health. The success of this program has set an example for other countries in the region.