The Latin American Brain Health Institute, a regional initiative to reduce the scale and impact of dementia

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Sep;18(9):1696-1698. doi: 10.1002/alz.12710. Epub 2022 Jun 16.

ABSTRACT

Latin American and Caribbean countries face complex challenges to improve brain health and reduce the impact of dementia. Regional hubs devoted to research, capacity building, implementation science, and education are critically needed. The Latin American Brain Health Institute represent an important step to address many of these needs.

PMID:35708193 | PMC:PMC9482938 | DOI:10.1002/alz.12710

Authors

Claudia Duran-Aniotz
Jorge Sanhueza
Lea T Grinberg
Andrea Slachevsky
Victor Valcour
Ian Robertson
Brian Lawlor
Bruce Miller
Agustín Ibáñez