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SAFE

 

Stroke Alliance for Europe

Secretariat
c/o The Stroke Association
Stroke House
240 City Road
London
EC1V 2PR
Tel:  +44 (0) 20 7566 0310

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The Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE) was launched in October 2004, and was born out of a strategic workshop held in the European Parliament in June 2003 which led to a declaration calling upon the European Union and its Member States to tackle stroke as a preventable catastrophe. SAFE represents a range of patient organisations across Europe whose mutual goal is to drive stroke prevention up the European political agenda and prevent the incidence of stroke through education. By combining the resources of patient organisations across Europe, SAFE is working to champion stroke prevention, save lives and suffering, and save the European economy millions of Euros in health care costs. SAFE also encourages the creation of national stroke patient groups in Europe where none yet exists.

SAFE members include national European Stroke organizations from Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom, Belgium, Czech Republic and Scotland.

The aims and objectives of SAFE are to:

  • Promote awareness and understanding of stroke
  • Promote prevention
  • Identify those at risk
  • Improve access to appropriate treatment and care for persons affected by stroke
  • Improve the quality of life of people affected by stroke and their families
  • Promote better access to accurate and understandable information about stroke
  • Increase the priority given to stroke by policy and decision-makers and by health care providers
  • Promote research on stroke related areas
  • Co-ordinate the efforts of national stroke patient groups in Europe

 

Role of SAFE in ESN

Together with members of the ESN, SAFE will support and help organise a number of public science events. Cooperations with companies, educational bodies and other institutions will be sought for the organisation, financing and launching of further events. SAFE will also cooperate with the Scientific Project Manager to publish and distribute a brochure designed to explain to a lay audience the aims, objectives and accomplishments of the European Stroke Network. In addition, yearly overview articles and meeting reports, written in lay language will be published in a special report and also in electronic form. SAFE will organize public science events like public lectures and consulting activities to law and policy makers. These will be announced and advertised on the public science web site of ESN.

 

 

Markus Wagner
Dr. Markus Wagner is Head of the Prevention Department at the German Stroke Foundation. He is a biologist with a degree in physiology and a masters degree in public health. Dr. Wagner is the key communication and liaison point with the ESN on behalf of the 22 patient organisations of SAFE.