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Stroke in Developing Countries: Epidemiology, Impact and Policy Implications
Author(s) -
LloydSherlock Peter
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2010.00505.x
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , psychological intervention , developing country , development economics , scale (ratio) , stroke (engine) , economic growth , public health , political science , developed country , epidemiology , public economics , business , environmental health , medicine , economics , geography , population , mechanical engineering , cartography , nursing , computer science , engineering , programming language , psychiatry
The burden of stroke and other non‐communicable diseases has risen sharply in developing countries in recent years. This article provides a detailed review of this trend and its underlying causes, and discusses the social and economic effects of stroke and the scope for interventions to reduce incidence and mitigate impacts. It demonstrates that policy‐makers have been slow to recognise the growing scale of the challenge, and argues for large‐scale public health campaigns focused on primary and secondary prevention.