Community stories

For Castilla y León in northwestern Spain, the road to becoming an Angels Region begins with nurses.

It was a big night for a small city when Sapucaia do Sul officially became the world’s second Angels City.

The Stroke Society of the Philippines (SSP) has launched an ambitious three-year program to train and certify 200 stroke nurses. SSP president Dr Maria Socorro F Sarfati explains why empowering nurses is crucial.

The launch of a new RES-Q platform was an opportunity for the Phillipine stroke community to expand its quality monitoring culture and make strides towards universal stroke data collection.

A stroke is a disaster that could be the end of life as you know it, unless you happen to be cared for by “the right person”, writes Jan van der Merwe in his introduction to the latest edition of The Angels Journey.

Making a seasoned trauma nurse with bossy-big-sister energy responsible for its stroke programme has turned out to be a tipping point for a provider of private healthcare services in South Africa.