Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability, dementia, and mortality worldwide. It is a medical emergency characterized by the interruption or reduction of the flow through brain blood vessels, leading to poor perfusion of brain tissue [1]. The three main types of stroke are ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, and transient ischemic attack. Whereas the global age-standardized stroke mortality rates reduced remarkably between the years 1990 and 2016, the opposite took place in Africa, which has witnessed a rate of about 316 per 100,000 persons per annum, with a prevalence of 1460 per 100,000 persons and a mortality incidence of >80% within 3 years of the disease onset [2]. About 70% of all deaths and 87% of disabilities associated with a stroke episode between 1970 and 2010 were linked to

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