Question 16385 — health

Summary

Ms. Sandrine Josso alerts the Minister of Solidarity and Health on the prevention and awareness of strokes. She recalls that strokes constitute, in France, the leading cause of death among men and the third cause of death among women. Worldwide, stroke is the second leading cause of death, according to the World Health Organization. Every year, in France, around 130,000 people are affected, 40,000 people die as a result and 30,000 people have serious after-effects. In addition, each year in France, the number of strokes increases, on average by 5%. The question of prevention appears to be a major solution to limit the risks of death and after-effects. Awareness of the warning signs is fundamental so that rapid treatment of patients takes place. Stroke is still too little known to the population, as are its first signs. Moreover, an Odoxa survey for the Stroke Research Foundation revealed, in 2017, that 35% of respondents would not have the reflex to call the Samu if they were faced with a stroke. However, the High Authority for Health, in a report made public on July 27, 2018, recommends, among other things, to “encourage and repeat the information campaigns aimed at the general public. Information should not be limited to patients with vascular risk factors, but must concern the entire population, including young people.” She therefore asks him to kindly communicate his opinion on these questions. More particularly, she questions him about the measures envisaged by his ministry in terms of prevention and awareness campaigns against strokes, and in particular on the warning signs.

Machine translation from French. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.