World Stroke Day campaign launch: watch the livestream of #DontBeTheOneNZ
| Date: | Tuesday 29 Oct, 9:30am - 10:30am |
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| Location: | Online Auckland New Zealand |
| Contact: | brigitte.vangils@aut.ac.nz |
| Website: | Event website |
Join us for the world stroke campaign official launch in New Zealand, as we livestream from ‘the boardroom’ at AUT City Campus.
The 2019 World Stroke Day campaign
The 2019 World Stroke Day campaign encourages everyone, no matter what their age, to assess their individual risk of stroke using the free Stroke Riskometer mobile app developed by Professor Valery Feigin at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).
Watch the livestream of the World Stroke Day campaign launch
Professor Valery Feigin's profile
About #DontBeTheOne
#DontBeTheOne is a key initiative of the World Stroke Organization in its commitment to cut stroke in half. It is the first world stroke campaign to focus on population-wide prevention and aligns with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #3 – ‘To ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages’. One of the specific health targets is to reduce premature mortality from Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030.
Join the campaign #DontBeTheOneNZ (Stroke Central Region website)
- World Stroke Organization website
- Cut Stroke in Half: stroke prevention (World Stroke Day website)
- UN's Sustainable Development Goal #3 (WHO website)
- Non-communicable diseases (WHO website)
Stroke Riskometer mobile app
Download the free Stroke Riskometer mobile app. Calculate your stroke risk percentage. Make small lifestyle changes to reduce that risk. And, share your progress on social media using #DontBeTheOneNZ – (Facebook. Twitter. Instagram).
Stroke Central Region is the official partner of the world stroke campaign in New Zealand. The Wellington-based non-profit organisation for stroke survivors and their whānau will host a series of events throughout the year, inspiring people to be active and improve their lifestyle.
You can contribute to population-wide change with a click.
Every Stroke Riskometer download is a vote of support for stroke prevention.
Schedule
- 09.45am
Prof Max Abbott
Pro Vice-Chancellor & Dean, Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences, AUT - 09.50am
Prof Michael Brainin
President, World Stroke Organization
World Stroke Day 2019 - 09.55am
Lee Pownall
CEO, Stroke Central Region
#DontBeTheOneNZ - 10.00am
Prof Valery Feigin
Director, National Institute for Stroke & Applied Neurosciences, AUT
An ominous tide: The burden of stroke in New Zealand - 10.05am
Dr Rita Krishnamurthi
Deputy Director, National Institute for Stroke & Applied Neurosciences, AUT
Stroke Riskometer mobile app: Awareness and prevention in your hands - 10.10am
Prof Grant Schofield
Director, Human Potential Centre, AUT
Fitness is medicine. Prevention is the cure. - 10.15am
Q&A