Stroke

Raising heroes at home: stroke detection

5 minutes 52 seconds

Sasolburg, South Africa
Lviv, Ukraine
Liesek, Slovakia
Sisani, Greece

How do you broach a difficult conversation? Many of those at risk of a stroke struggle to discuss the possibility it could happen to them. But one campaign is teaching children to recognise the symptoms of strokes, helping grandchildren proactively look out for their grandparents and encouraging open conversation in families across the world.

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This video appears in the Facing Forward documentary series, a series of 25 short films and 10 articles from around the world.

This initiative seeks to raise awareness of NCDs and highlight the stories of people living with NCDs across the globe, as well as those of the communities, institutions and private sector who are leading the way to prevent and control NCDs.

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