O'Callaghan, Claire and Michaelian, Johannes C. and Aihara, Yoko and Anlacan, Veeda Michelle and Chen, Christopher and Cheung, Gary and Ma'u, Etuini and Nguyen, Tuan Anh and Pai, Ming-Chyi and Palagyi, Anna and Tan, Maw Pin and Teo, Shyh Poh and Turana, Yuda and Wang, Huali and Wong, Gloria and Naismithb, Sharon L. (2024) Dementia diagnostic and treatment services in the Western Pacific: fi c: challenges, preparedness and opportunities in the face of amyloid-targeting therapies. Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific, 50. ISSN 2666-6065, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101183.
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Here we first review the limited available literature addressing the current landscape of specialist assessment services for dementia and cognitive decline and the preparedness for new amyloid-targeting therapies for Alzheimer's ` s disease across the Western Pacific region. Considering the scarcity of literature, as national representatives of Western Pacific nations we were then guided by the World Health Organization's ` s Global Action Plan on Dementia to provide country- specific reviews. As a whole, we highlight that the existing diverse socioeconomic and cultural landscape across the region poses unique challenges, including varying access to services and marked differences among countries in their preparedness for upcoming amyloid-targeting therapies for Alzheimer's ` s disease. Therefore, there is an urgent call for intergovernmental collaboration and investment across the Western Pacific to ensure that for all nations, citizens living with dementia and cognitive decline have access to effective and equitable methods of diagnosis, treatment and care. Copyright (c) 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | University of Sydney Robinson Fellowship, National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia [Grant No: 2016866], Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, Department of Science & Technology (India), University of the Philippines Manila Expanded Health Research Office, National Medical Research Council, Singapore, New Zealand Health Research Council Pacific Clinical Research Training Fellowship, Health Research Council of New Zealand Pacific Clinical Research Training Fellowship, Alzheimer's New Zealand Fellowship, Australian Research Council National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia [Grant No: APP1103860], Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology [Grant No: Z221100007422006], etc |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Dementia; Alzheimer's disease; Memory clinics; Amyloid-targeting therapies |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2025 02:25 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Oct 2025 02:25 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/46563 |
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