WHAT IS THE HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION DOING?
The Heart and Stroke Foundation is concerned about the high incidence of stroke, its impact and economic burden, and has taken a number of steps to address this issue, including: • Leading the Canadian Stroke Strategy with the Canadian Stroke Network. This initiative is designed to provide all Canadians with the best stroke care possible, regardless of where they live, by 2010. • Calling for better surveillance data on stroke. Accurate, timely, accessible information is essential to health. Patients, providers, managers and governments need information to guide prevention, improve care, and support research. The Canadian Heart Health Strategy includes a recommendation to gather Canadian data on the prevalence and incidence of heart disease and stroke risk factors, diseases, and health inequalities in Canada. • Coauthoring the Canadian Best Practice recommendations for Stroke Care (published in CMAJ, December 2008). The Consensus Panel participants identified recommendations that if imp
