Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: Public Health Perspectives in India

  • Prof. (Dr.) Jugal Kishore Director Professor & Head, Department of Community Medicine, VMMC & SJH, New Delhi, India.
  • Manasi Panda Senior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, VMMC & SJH, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

How to cite this article:
Kishore J, Panda M. Dementia and Alzheimer’s Ddisease: Public Health Perspectives in India. Epidem Int. 2023;8(2):1-3.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2455.7048.202303

References

Berr C, Wancata J, Ritchie K. Prevalence of dementia in the elderly in Europe. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol.

;15(4):463-71. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

India CO. Population census. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner I. New Delhi, India:

Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India; 2011.

Raina SK, Raina S, Chander V, Grover A, Singh S, Bhardwaj A. Is dementia differentially distributed? A

study on the prevalence of dementia in migrant, urban, rural, and tribal elderly population of Himalayan region

in northern India. N Am J Med Sci. 2014;6(4):172-7. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Mathuranath PS, George A, Ranjith N, Justus S, Kumar MS, Menon R, Sarma PS, Verghese J. Incidence of

Alzheimer’s disease in India: a 10 years follow-up study. Neurol India. 2012 Nov-Dec;60(6):625-30. [PubMed]

[Google Scholar]

Choudhary A, Ranjan JK, Asthana HS. Prevalence of dementia in India: a systematic review andmeta-analysis. Indian J Public Health. 2021 Apr-Jun;65(2):152-8. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

National Health Mission [Internet]. National Programme for Health Care of Elderly (NPHCE); [cited 2023 Jan

. Available from: https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=2&sublinkid=1046&lid=605

Livingston G, Huntley J, Sommerlad A et al. Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the

Lancet Commission. Lancet 2020; 396: 413–46. https://oi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30367-6.

Published
2023-05-04