Society members creating a global team of stroke leaders
Individual members spanning every global region
Stroke specialists in clinical, research and community settings
Will have a stroke each year
Deaths per year
Of us will have a stroke in our lifetime
04 Aug 2025
21 Aug 2025
Join us at WSC 2025! Taking place October 22-24, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. Discuss the latest science, clinical trials, breakthroughs, and guidelines for stroke.
World Stroke CongressThe 2024 World Stroke Day Campaign is now live! Stroke prevention is better than cure. And together we can be #GreaterThan > Stroke. Find out more and get the tools you need to join the campaign.
A new, transparent, and data-driven system to standardize stroke care worldwide.
Open to all stroke-treating centers, making it relevant and achievable in every setting. The platform supports hospitals, ministries of health, and stroke societies in driving sustainable quality improvement through continuous monitoring and benchmarking. Join the global effort to raise the standard of stroke care.
The Global Stroke Alliance is a highly impactful implementation meeting. Our primary mission is to establish a powerful global alliance committed to enhancing stroke care on a worldwide scale.
The World Stroke Organization works to advance our global advocacy priorities through participation in UN formal consultative processes at global and regional level.
The WSO Roadmap to Delivering Quality Stroke Care is an implementation resource to accompany the WSO Global Stroke Services Guideline and Action Plan.
Using reliable and consistent stroke data to support stroke advocacy helps to build awareness of the scale of the disease and supports the call for urgent action at global, regional and national levels.
WSO membership connects you to a global network of people who are committed to and support each other to improve stroke prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and support.
Why join us?