The Stroke Association Supported Ghana Network (SASNET), has begun mobilising stroke survivors nationwide to expand rehabilitation services and access assistive technologies.

Mr Ebenezer Adams, Executive Director of SASNET Ghana and a rehabilitation and assistive technology consultant, speaking at a sensitization workshop in Ho, said the initiative aimed at uniting persons living with stroke into a coordinated national ecosystem.

He explained that beneficiaries needing rehabilitation and assistive devices would be identified, documented and linked to appropriate national support systems to enhance recovery outcomes.

“Our main objective is to bring together persons living with stroke across the country, starting from the Volta Region,” Mr Adams said.

He noted that SASNET already had active regional structures in Greater Accra, Eastern and Ashanti regions, adding that the Volta region mobilisation would close existing gaps.

Mr Adams said achievements so far included the Community Life After Stroke programme, which had enabled beneficiaries to regain independence through structured rehabilitation.

“Some people who could not move at all are now mobile and performing daily activities on their own. That is a major success,” he said.

He urged stroke survivors to join the network through the online platform, care.sasnet.org, and announced plans for sustained media engagements to improve public awareness.

Madam Juliet Ama Anaglo, Medical Lead and caregiver personnel for SASNET Ghana, said limited National Health Insurance coverage for hypertensive drugs remained a major challenge in managing stroke cases.

She said NGOs had stepped in to provide blood pressure and sugar monitoring equipment, medicines and caregiver education to prevent neglect and premature deaths.

Mr Samuel Seddo, Vice Chairman of SASNET Ghana, called for a national assistive technology policy, saying it would support government commitments to persons with disability and improve coordinated access to rehabilitation services nationwide.