AUTHOR=Fox Sarah , León Tomás , Mariano Luciano , Arshad Faheem , Magrath Guimet Nahuel , Hope Grainne , Tituaña Kuripacha , Zapata-Restrepo Lina María 

TITLE=Perspectives on brain health and dementia prevention in Latin America: challenges and opportunities

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Dementia

VOLUME=Volume 2 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/dementia/articles/10.3389/frdem.2023.1275641

DOI=10.3389/frdem.2023.1275641

ISSN=2813-3919

ABSTRACT=While age-specific dementia prevalence is falling in many countries, several recent reviews estimate prevalence in Latin America to be higher than anywhere else in the world. This may be, in part, due to the high incidence of socioeconomic and health-related risk factors present in the region. However, growing evidence suggests that primary and secondary prevention via modifiable risk factors is possible, and that 40% of cases may be mitigated through interventions which target modifiable risk. This suggests that there may be significant scope for dementia risk reduction in this region.