IAH staff go to Kenya

Staff members from the IAH, IoN and IHS in Newcastle University will participate in the 2012 Symposium on ‘Brain Ageing and Dementia in Developing Countries’, co-convened by Professor Raj Kalaria of the IAH. The conference will take place from 4th – 7th December, 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya. As well as academic staff presenting scientific papers, other staff from IAH will be attending in supporting roles, as the conference secretariat is based within the IAH.

Besides UK speakers, experts from around the world will participate in the Symposium. Delegates will be attending from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, DR Congo, France, India, Bangladesh, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Tunisia, UK, USA and Venezuela.

The Symposium is supported by several learned organisations and charities including the World Federation of Neurology - Dementia Research Group, International Brain Research Organisation, European Federation of Neurological Sciences, Alzheimer's Research UK, Alzheimer's Association (USA), the Helen Bader Foundation (USA), Dr D Kalaria Family Foundation (USA) and Agrichemicals (Kenya).  

About the Conference:

Ageing and Dementia in the Low to Middle Income Countries (LMIC) has been recently highlighted by the WHO and UN. The increasing ageing population worldwide and demographic transition are expected to increase non-communicable diseases including ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, mental health disorders and stroke in elderly people living in developing countries.

In light of this background and the risk of vascular disease it is probable that neurodegenerative dementias, stroke-related dementia, late-onset depression and other psychiatric disorders will inevitably rise in the LMIC.

This landmark meeting will take stock of the latest research on dementia types, depressive illness and the risk/protective factors associated with them.

Full details of the conference can be found at http://advascular.ncl.ac.uk

Download the conference poster

published on: 13th November 2012