Multi-Disciplinary Stroke Care in Developing Countries - Lessons from the Wessex-Ghana Stroke Partnership

• Main Authors: Louise Johnson (Author), Albert Akpalu (Author), Dorothy Anane (Author), Cynthia Cudjoe (Author), Sarah Easton (Author), Ruth Laryea (Author), Kodwo Nkromah (Author), Faustina Okine (Author), Claire Spice (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Health and Social Sciences Research Institute - South Sudan (HSSRI-SS), 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Stroke disease in Ghana has been of increasing concern since the mid to late 20th century, in association with the increasing westernisation of diet and lifestyle [1]. Two thirds of world-wide mortality cases from stroke occur in sub-Saharan Africa [2], and in the Ghanaian capital city region of Acc...