Making ‘Brain Health’ An Economic Investment

Some 80 million Africans are projected to have dementia by 2050 – a fourfold increase from 2015 – and governments need to invest in brain health as an “economic imperative”

Some 80 million Africans are projected to have dementia by 2050 – a fourfold increase from 2015 – and governments need to invest in brain health as an “economic imperative”
In the twenty-first century, the most valuable asset of any nation is not its land or industry, but the cognitive, emotional, and social skills of its people—their brain capital. Recent advances in neuroscience and behavioral science have confirmed
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