The Challenge re-iterates the target, first set out in Towards a HealthierScotland (1999), for reducing by 50%, between 1995 and 2010, deaths from cerebrovascular disease in people under 75.The stroke Managed Clinical Networks which are being developed in each NHS board areaas a key part of our Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Strategy have as one oftheir main aims the development of stroke prevention strategies.