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Regional assessment reveals gaps in stroke prevention implementation in vulnerable populations, highlighting urgent needs.
Stroke in the Americas is a story of preventable loss at scale. The region records over one million new strokes annually, yet most of this burden falls on populations with the least access to the interventions that could avert it.1,2 The Series on Stroke in the Americas published in the May 2026 issue of The Lancet Regional Health – Americas provides a comprehensive regional assessment of stroke epidemiology, risk factors, and prevention implementation across the Americas.3,4 The contributions are timely — but they also underscore how far the region remains from translating what is known into what is done.
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