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Ageing populations, changes in diet, physical inactivity and smoking are some of he drivers of strokes and heart disease. Getty Images

New coalition plans to tackle Africa’s growing burden of stroke

Rufus Akinyemi, University of Ibadan; Alan Bryer, University of Cape Town; Foad Abd-Allah, Cairo University; Kathleen Bateman, University of Cape Town; Lawrence Tucker, University of Cape Town; Mayowa Owolabi, University of Ibadan; Naeem Brey, Stellenbosch University, and Pamela Naidoo, University of Cape Town

A stroke often leads to the sudden onset of weakness involving the face, arm or leg, an inability to speak, difficulty walking or impaired vision. Strokes can cause death and irreversible disability.

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