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Figure 5. The poster of the media awareness campaign " AVC 112 - timpul înseamnă viață " ( " Stroke 112 - time means life " ).
Awareness campaign and stroke
support organization
In 2021, the first Stroke Support Organization in
Romania, called ALIA (Asociatia de Lupta Impotriva
Accidentului vascular cerebral) was established (https://
alia.org.ro/). The organization provides information
about clinical signs and stroke prevention, about the network
of hospitals providing revascularization treatment
for acute ischemic stroke and was actively involved,
together with the Romanian Society of Neurology and
the Ministry of Health in the development of the first
public awareness campaign in stroke, which will be
released on May 17th, 2022 (Figure 5). We have succeeded
to match the cardinal signs from the FAST scale
with the acronym that designates stroke in Romanian
language (AVC = Accident Vascular Cerebral). The slogan
" AVC 112 - timpul înseamnă viaţă " ( " Stroke 112 - time
means life " ) will be distributed as radio and TV spots on
the main media channels.
Despite the difficulties induced by the economic situation
and the pandemic, Romania has developed in a relatively
short period of time a strong network for intravenous
thrombolysis. There are still many quality indicators of
acute stroke care to be improved, but the most important
thing is that the voice of stroke physicians and stroke survivors
is coming up.
Acknowledgements
Stroke centers coordinators. Baldea Adrian, Bardan Tatiana,
Benga Mihaela, Botezat Mihai, Buleu Mariana, Cuciureanu
Dan, Diacenco Alina, Dogariu Ioan, Dulamea Adriana,

http://www.timpulinseamnaviata.ro https://alia.org.ro/ https://alia.org.ro/

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