Dementia risk reduction in the African context: multi-national implementation of multimodal strategies to promote healthy brain aging in Africa (the Africa-FINGERS project)
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Dementia prevention in Africa is critically underexplored, despite the continent's high prevalence of modifiable risk factors. With a predominantly young and middle-aged population, Africa presents a prime opportunity to implement evidence-based strategies that could significantly reduce future dementia cases and mitigate its economic impact. The multinational Africa-FINGERS program offers an innovative solution, pioneering culturally sensitive, multidomain interventions tailored to the unique challenges of the region. Leveraging insights from landmark global studies such as Worldwide-FINGERS and Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, the program employs a multideterminant precision prevention framework, grounded in community based systems dynamics. Africa-FINGERS further integrates cutting-edge state-of-the-art multimodal biomarker evaluations tailored to regional contexts, with the goal of advancing brain health and establishing a global standard for dementia prevention. This groundbreaking initiative highlights the potential for scalableand sustainable interventions, thus is poised to transform dementia risk reduction efforts across the continent.
Date Issued
2024-12
Date Acceptance
2024-09-05
Citation
Alzheimer's and Dementia, 2024, 20 (12), pp.8987-9003
ISSN
1552-5260
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
8987
End Page
9003
Journal / Book Title
Alzheimer's and Dementia
Volume
20
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Author(s). Alzheimer's & Dementia published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Alzheimer's Association.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Identifier
https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.14344
Subjects
Alzheimer's disease
ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE
brain banking
Clinical Neurology
community-based participatory research
dementia prevention trials
fluid and neuroimaging biomarkers
health economics
implementation science
LIFE
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
MULTIDOMAIN INTERVENTION
Neurosciences & Neurology
PREVENTION
retinal imaging
Science & Technology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2024-11-07