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Resilience and brain health in global populations
The study looked at the health disparities associated with healthy brain ageing in Brazil and in other Latin American countries. Global South research is critical for understanding brain health, ageing and dementia. The exposome of healthy and accelerated aging across 40 countries was published in the journal Nat. Med. Health. The study was published on the eve of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Strengthening Resilience: a Priority Shared by Health 2020 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDSG) conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For more information on the conference, visit: http://www.sDSG.org/2013/09/29/stngthening-resilience-a-priority-shared-by-health-2020-and-the-sustainable-development-goal-corresponding-to-stngthening-mental-health.html. In the U.S., the conference will be held at the University of California, Los Angeles, on November 14 and 15.
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