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The stroke team at this island hospital chose their first patient with care. It was important for their first thrombolysis to succeed, or all their efforts would come to nought. In July 2019 that patient arrived and within hours everyone knew that Bohol island had a stroke-ready hospital.

Hello everyone! My name is Andrea Torres, and I am part of the Angels Colombia team of consultants.

These images capture the energy, passion and commitment that characterized the seventh annual regional meeting of the stroke community in South America.

Where do you begin when your goal is to make stroke treatment available to a population of over 200 million people? Angels’ consultant Ravish Upadhyay has answered this question as follows: start in one of the world’s oldest cities, target 20 hospitals, and in the space of three years grow the network to 65 and counting.

In this remote corner of Colombia, healthcare workers found a creative way to bridge linguistic and cultural gaps and bring life-saving knowledge about stroke to an indigenous community.

The School of Stroke 2024 provided compelling evidence of a strong commitment to improving stroke care through collaboration, sharing of expertise, and adoption of best practices, writes Samal Kabibolla, leading specialist of the Republican Coordination Center for Stroke Problems in Kazakhstan.