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Pioneering tests could improve the assessment of dementia in ageing Africans

Pioneering tests could improve the assessment of dementia in ageing Africans

The Jet Set Breakfast

April 12, 202510m 42s

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Guest:  Professor Steve Tollman, Director of the SAMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit

International researchers have introduced two improved tests that could precisely detect cognitive dysfunction in older African adults.

These new tools, part of a comprehensive set of 29 assessments, improve upon conventional dementia evaluations commonly used in developed regions