Dementia-A Global Social Issue

Last month Kaiser Health News ran a story about a global initiative on dementia.  New Brain Institute Plans To Refocus Third World’s Attention On Dementia As ‘Societal Issue’ explains the launch of an institute between University of California, San Francisco and the University of Dublin that is “aimed at helping developing countries learn more about the disease and cope with the burden it places on patients, families and caregivers.”  Known as the Global Brain Health Institute, both universities will house the institute. Focusing initially on Latin America and parts of the Mediterranean, the goal is to train a wide variety of professionals  to understand dementia including prevention and delay.  The press release from UC San Francisco is available here.

The Global Brain Health Institute is currently holding its first invitation-only conference in Havana.