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The impact of SARS‐CoV‐2 in dementia across Latin America: A call for an urgent regional plan and coordinated response

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 6; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/trc2.12092

2352-8737

Agustín Ibáñez, Hernando Santamaría‐García, Alejandra Guerrero Barragán, Alexander Kornhuber, Alyne Mendonça Marques Ton, Andrea Slachevsky, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Beatriz Meza, Cecília Serrano, Carlos Cano, Carolina Arias Gonzalez, Christian González‐Billault, Christopher Butler, Julián Bustin, Claudia Durán-Aniotz, Daisy Acosta, Diana Matallana, Diego Acosta‐Alvear, Dominic Trépel, Elisa de Paula França Resende, Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira, Francisco S. Ibáñez, Fernanda G. De Felice, Gorka Navarrete, Ioannis Tarnanas, Irene B. Meier, Jerusa Smid, Jorge J. Llibre‐Guerra, Juan J. Llibre Rodríguez, Laís Fajersztajn, Leonel Tadao Takada, Lissette Duque, Maira Okada de Oliveira, Maria Aparecida Camargos Bicalho, María Isabel Behrens, Maritza Pintado‐Caipa, Mario A. Parra, Maxwell Z. Wilson, Myriam De la Cruz Puebla, Nilton Custodio, Rodrigo A Santibanez, Rodrigo Bernardo Serafim, Ronnielly Melo Tavares, Stefanie Danielle Piña‐Escudero, Tomás León Rodríguez, Walter D Dawson, Bruce L. Miller, Kenneth S. Kosik,

COVID-19 and Mental Health

The SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic will disproportionately impact countries with weak economies and vulnerable populations including people with dementia. Latin American and Caribbean countries (LACs) are burdened with unstable economic development, fragile health systems, massive economic disparities, and a high prevalence of dementia. Here, we underscore the selective impact of SARS-CoV-2 on dementia among LACs, the specific strain on health systems devoted to dementia, and the subsequent effect of increasing inequalities among those with dementia in the region. Implementation of best practices for mitigation and containment faces particularly steep challenges in LACs. Based upon our consideration of these issues, we urgently call for a coordinated action plan, including the development of inexpensive mass testing and multilevel regional coordination for dementia care and related actions. Brain health diplomacy should lead to a shared and escalated response across the region, coordinating leadership, and triangulation between governments and international multilateral networks.