{"id":41771,"date":"2026-08-07T07:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T05:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41771"},"modified":"2026-08-07T07:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T05:44:20","slug":"health-department-hosts-world-stroke-summit-africa-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/health-department-hosts-world-stroke-summit-africa-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Health department hosts World Stroke Summit Africa in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Department of Health in collaboration with the World Stroke Organisation (WSO) in hosting a two-day World Stroke Summit Africa in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This is part of ongoing efforts to elevate stroke as a pressing health and development priority across the continent, requiring coordinated national and regional action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">According to the World Health Organisatio recorded over 11 million new cases of strokes globally in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The number made the condition the third leading cause of death and disability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41772,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-41771","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"World Stroke Organisation","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41773,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41771\/revisions\/41773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=41771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}