Each year on October 29th, the World Stroke Organization hosts World Stroke Day. The goal of World Stroke Day is to have a global platform for the stroke community to increase awareness and drive action on stroke around the world. For more information please visit https://www.world-stroke.org/world-stroke-day-campaign

Globally, over 13 million people will have a stroke each year and around 5.5 million people will die as a result. The goal of this year’s campaign focuses on saving precious time and the need to act FAST (Face, Arm, Speech, Time) when someone is experiencing stroke symptoms, as well as how the FAST action can improve quality of life of stroke survivors.