Dementia in low-income and middle-income countries: Different realities mandate tailored solutions

Cleusa Pinheiro Ferri; K S Jacob

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002271

Dementia in low-income and middle-income countries: Different realities mandate tailored solutions

PLoS Med. 2017 Mar 28;14(3):e1002271. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002271. eCollection 2017 Mar.

Authors

Cleusa Pinheiro Ferri¹, K S Jacob²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.

Abstract

In a Perspective, Cleusa Ferri and K. S. Jacob discuss the assessment, recognition, and care of people living with dementia in low- and middle-income countries.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Dementia / epidemiology*
Dementia / etiology
Dementia / prevention & control*
Developing Countries*
Humans
Poverty

Grants and funding

CPF receives a scholarship called ‘Produtividade em Pesquisa’ from CNPq (a Brazilian public agency - process 311031/2016-1). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.