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Dementia - a public health priority

27 Nov 2018

This policy brief provides key messages and an overview of dementia as a public health priority, including country preparedness, research prioritization, and health and social systems development.

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The Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs (KAP) is a knowledge sharing and community platform dedicated to enhancing NCD prevention and control through multisectoral and multistakeholder collaboration. The KAP is hosted by the World Health Organization's Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD).
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