World Health Organization have just launched a Blueprint for Dementia Research Inglés. Some notes to boost dementia research in Latin America…

Dementia is the most important cause of disability and dependency in older adults and currently affects more than 55 million people, 60% of whom live in Low- and Middle-­Income Countries (LMIC). The number of people with dementia with increasing life expectancy will grow globally in the coming years...

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Autores:
Allegri, Ricardo Francisco
Román, Fabian
Barcelo, Ernesto
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2022
Institución:
Corporación Universidad de la Costa
Repositorio:
REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/9955
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/11323/9955
https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
Palabra clave:
World Health Organization
Dementia
Latin America
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
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Summary:Dementia is the most important cause of disability and dependency in older adults and currently affects more than 55 million people, 60% of whom live in Low- and Middle-­Income Countries (LMIC). The number of people with dementia with increasing life expectancy will grow globally in the coming years, but even more in LMIC such as the Latin American (LA) countries.