The Lancet, Volume 361, Issue 9361 , Pages 888 - 889, 15 March
2003 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12783-3Cite or Link Using DOI
Dementia comes of age in the developing world By 2025 about
three-quarters of the estimated 1200 million people aged 60
years and older will be living in developing countries. 1 The
“greying” in the developing world is predicted to rise despite
deaths due to malnutrition, poverty, human conflicts, and
infectious diseases including AIDS. Accounts like that of Hawa
Sacko 2 of Bamako, Mali, exemplify increased longevity in the
developing world. Although she could not remember all the names
of her great-grandchildren, her vivid memories and firstha ...
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