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Having the largest and fastest growing aging population in the world, China has been experiencing a major transformation of burden of diseases whereby infectious diseases are gradually displaced by chronic and degenerative diseases. The large prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia as well as its tremendous social and economic burdens threaten future of the aging population, their children and families, and sustainability of government support programs.
In the talk of April 11, Chen Xi, Associate Professor of Public Health (Health Policy), of Global Health, and of Economics at Yale University, will draw global evidence to discuss what roles individuals, their families and public policies may play to address a host of critical issues surrounding brain health promotion, including lifecycle disease prevention, efficient and equitable health care delivery, long-term care, financial decision-making, and affordable drug development.
