Stroke Care in Conflict and War Zones -Peace Saves Lives!

PURPOSE OF REVIEW

Cardiovascular conditions and related risk factors are an important and common group of diseases. Stroke is a disease that requires rapid diagnosis and treatment, and there are significant inequalities in stroke diagnosis, treatment and follow-up between countries, regions, societies and economic levels. This inequality becomes even more evident in regions where war and turmoil continue. What is the goal of your paper? What questions did you seek to answer? This review aims to explore whether war and armed conflicts impact stroke and care and describe potential mechanisms and solutions.

RECENT FINDINGS

There is some evidence for a relationship between war and stroke epidemiology, clinical presentations, and health system barriers in current and post-conflict settings. Summarize the latest research on your topic. There is increasing research focusing on this subject. War and conflict zones have impact on stroke related to decreased access to stroke care facilities and increassed harmful effects of environmental factors, such as infections and stress. What answers did you find? What are the major takeaways/conclusions of your examination? What's the impact on future research? War imposes a significant neurological burden through direct injury, psychological trauma, infections, and disrupted care. Addressing this requires integrated care models, research investment, and international cooperation to mitigate the long-term disability in post-conflict populations. New systems must be established to reduce war related stroke burden to develop rapid-response neurology and stroke care units in conflict zones, improve tele-stroke and neurology for remote care delivery, and long-term registries for war-related stroke and other neurological outcomes. There is urgent need for stroke surveillance, prevention, and care strategies tailored to war-affected populations.