Resumen de World Health Organization have just launched a Blueprint for Dementia Research.: Some notes to boost dementia research in Latin America….

Ricardo Francisco Allegri, Fabián Román, Ernesto Barceló Martínez

• Dementia is the most important cause of disability and dependency in older adults and currently affects more than 55 million people, 60% of whom live in Low- and Middle-­Income Countries (LMIC). The number of people with dementia with increasing life expectancy will grow globally in the coming years, but even more in LMIC such as the Latin American (LA) countries.