Dementia: Challenges of practice in Pakistan

Abstract

Alzheimer disease (AD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality with an estimated 35.6 million people affected worldwide. Currently 58% people with dementia are in developing countries and this is expected to rise to 71% by 2050. By 2050, 22% of the world's population will be over 60 and most of them will be in Asian, Latin American, or African countries.1