Prof. Dr. Silva Andonova, Ph.D. - head
of Second Clinic of Nervous Diseases at University Hospital "St. Marina" - Varna, a lecturer at the
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience at MU - Varna and a national consultant
on Nervous Diseases, was appointed as the National Representative of Bulgaria in
a project of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) - ESO EAST for 2018 and 2019.
The appointment of Prof. Andonova is a high evaluation of her professional
skills as a leader, who has the entire capacity to improve the care for people suffering
from stroke in Bulgaria.
The enhanced and accelerated
treatment of stroke through ESO (ESO-EAST) is aimed at improving the care for
people with stroke in the participating countries through various tools, particularly
through joint training and quality improvement programmes, targeted at optimizing
and implementing the best practices in taking care of people with stroke in
these countries, as well as launching a beneficial collaboration.
Within ESO-EAST project, currently RES-Q
- REgistry of Stroke Care Quality evaluates the availability of care for people
with stroke in order to define the strategies and tools, which will result in improving
the care for stroke patients. The Register is free for use by all participants.
The main focus of the work of the
organization is the development of activities and tools targeted at improving
the care for people with stroke, and maximizing the coordination of the efforts
in stroke treatment.
In her capacity as a representative
of Bulgaria for ESO-EAST, Prof. Andonova is going to coordinate the activities
of ESO-EAST in Bulgaria for achieving the goal of improving the quality of care
for patients with stroke
