Strengthening Responses to Dementia in Developing Countries (STRiDE): 2018 - 2021

2/8/2019 12:00:00 AM

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Dementia affects more people in low- and middle-income countries than it does in the UK or other high-income countries, yet few countries are prepared for the challenges of the growing number of people with dementia.

The STRiDE project, funded by the Research Councils UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund, aims to build and strengthen the capacity of researchers in seven developing countries, namely Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, and South Africa. This research team is led by Prof. Martin Knapp and Adelina Comas-Herrera from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. In Indonesia, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia and Alzheimer’s Indonesia are the official research partner institutions.

The project will examine current practice, both at a national level and for individual families, both to help people living with dementia to live well, and to ensure that family and other carers do not face excessive costs that could impoverish them or compromise their own health.

A core activity will be to understand the impacts of dementia in various cultural, social and economic contexts in order to support development, financing, planning, implementation and evaluation of National Dementia Plans.

 

For More Information : https://www.stride-dementia.org/