Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Email: bo. Two previous pan-European consensus meetings, the and Helsingborg meetings, were convened to review the scientific evidence and the state of current services to identify priorities for research and development and to set targets for the development of stroke care for the decade to follow.
The ESAP included seven domains: primary prevention, organisation of stroke services, management of acute stroke, secondary prevention, rehabilitation, evaluation of stroke outcome and quality assessment and life after stroke. Research priorities for translational stroke research were also identified.
Documents were prepared by a working group and were open to public comments. The final document was prepared after a workshop in Munich on 21β23 March Overall, 30 targets and 72 research priorities were identified for the seven domains.
The ESAP provides a basic road map and sets targets for the implementation of evidence-based preventive actions and stroke services to Keywords: Stroke, epidemiology, prevention, treatment, stroke services, strategic planning, treaties, quality assurance, Europe. However, this requires the joint actions of ministries of health, other governmental bodies, scientific and stroke support organisations, healthcare professionals, clinical and preclinical researchers and the pharmaceutical and device industries.
To this end, two previous pan-European consensus meetings, the and Helsingborg meetings, 2 , 3 were convened to review the scientific evidence and the state of current services and to set targets for the development of stroke care for the decade to follow. The ESAP includes two additional domains, on primary prevention and life after stroke, along with research and development priorities for translational stroke research.
