Implementing Acute Stroke Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Steps, Progress, and Perspectives from the Tanzania Stroke Project
This was the first initiative to implement stroke services at two large tertiary healthcare centers in Tanzania. Our findings highlight the importance of multilevel stakeholder engagement through a 3-tier approach in countries starting to establish stroke services and the need for ongoing quality-of-care monitoring and continuous efforts to sensitize both HCWs and the broader community.
Authors
- Bogdan Ciopleiaș
- Louise Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9445-0069)
- Maria Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5170-6829)
- Kigocha Okeng’o
- Ralph Kwame Akyea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4529-8237)
- Faddi Ghassan Saleh Vélez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-6259)
- Radhika Lotlikar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8140-790X)
- Mohamed Mnacho
- Craig S. Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7248-4863)
- Selam Kifelew
- Emily Ramage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0599-7028)
- Akili Mawazo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6026-0248)
- William Matuja
- Marina Charalambous (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5310-3017)
- Linxin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3636-8355)
- Tamer Roushdy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3123-9204)
- Tumaini Nagu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8529-2804)
- Faraja Chiwanga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0033-568X)
- Octávio Marques Pontes‐Neto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0317-843X)
- Henrika Kimambo
- Menglu Ouyang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7917-6858)
- Sheila Cristina Ouriques Martins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8452-712X)
- Matías Alet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6951-7786)
- Meron Awraris Gebrewold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8839-6497)
- Maria Giulia Mosconi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-9160)
- Aristeidis H. Katsanos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6359-0023)
- Zhe Kang Law (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7900-9037)
- Bahati Wajanga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1922-0746)
- Robert N. Peck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4526-2480)
- Urvashy Gopaul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1544-5155)
- Teresa Ullberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6717-0915)
- Semvua B. Kilonzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1197-9368)
- Dorcas B.C. Gandhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9616-7870)
- Jatinder S. Minhas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0576-9105)
- Sarah Shali Matuja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7329-3922)
- Mohamed Manji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8837-0230)
- Susanna M. Zuurbier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9288-9043)
- Alicia Richardson
- Marika Demers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-1418)
- Leonardo Augusto Carbonera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9313-7967)
- Mirjam R. Heldner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3594-2159)
- Paschal Ruggajo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6693-2834)
- Christine Tunkl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7305-0402)
- Ladius Rudovick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2012-4054)
- Vasileios Lioutas
- Brighton Mushengezi
Institutions
- Ain Shams University (EG)
- University of Bern (CH)
- Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Universidade de Ribeirão Preto (BR)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
- Cyprus University of Technology (CY)
- Christian Medical College, Vellore (IN)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Cornell University (US)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (AU)
- Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (CA)
- Rashid Hospital (AE)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- University Teaching Hospital (ZM)
- Population Health Research Institute (CA)
- Transylvania University of Brașov (RO)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- British Heart Foundation (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Hospital Moinhos de Vento (BR)
- Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia (IT)
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (BR)
- Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (AR)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
- Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (AE)
- Christian Medical College (IN)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (TZ)
- Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Center (IN)
- Instituto de Neurología Cognitiva (AR)
- Center for Global Health (US)
- Aga Khan University (TZ)
- Muhimbili National Hospital (TZ)
- Skåne University Hospital (SE)
- Instituto de Neurología de Buenos Aires (AR)
- Bugando Medical Centre (TZ)
- Clinics Hospital of Ribeirão Preto (BR)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- Addis Ababa University (ET)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (US)
- National University of Malaysia (MY)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000545954
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.42