Organizational Update: World Stroke Organization.

Our 2014 World Stroke Organization (WSO) annual report will shortly be published (http://www.world-stroke.org/) outlining the developments in 2014, a remarkable year! It is an exciting time for the global stroke scene, with recent publications demonstrating the benefits of endovascular thrombectomy in selected patients with acute ischemic stroke and large vessel occlusion. This major advance will be incorporated in Advanced Stroke Care Services detailed in our recent WSO Global Stroke Services Guidelines, the first global guideline for stroke, which was released in October 2014. The document is available as open access in the International Journal of Stroke. The WSO is facilitated by partnerships with major stroke organizations around the world, such as the American Stroke Association, European Stroke Organization and Asian Pacific Stroke Organization, as well as many other important regional and national bodies. We congratulate Kennedy Lees and the organizers of the first European Stroke Organization Congress held in Glasgow, April 2015. Advocacy for stroke is a key mission for WSO. We recently convened …