000274035 001__ 274035 000274035 005__ 20250119000237.0 000274035 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1002/alz.14344 000274035 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:39511921 000274035 0247_ $$2pmc$$apmc:PMC11667543 000274035 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1552-5260 000274035 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1552-5279 000274035 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:170191296 000274035 037__ $$aDZNE-2025-00016 000274035 041__ $$aEnglish 000274035 082__ $$a610 000274035 1001_ $$aUdeh-Momoh, Chinedu T$$b0 000274035 245__ $$aDementia risk reduction in the African context: Multi-national implementation of multimodal strategies to promote healthy brain aging in Africa (the Africa-FINGERS project). 000274035 260__ $$aHoboken, NJ$$bWiley$$c2024 000274035 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000274035 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000274035 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1736337931_19585 000274035 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000274035 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000274035 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000274035 520__ $$aDementia prevention in Africa is critically underexplored, despite the continent's high prevalence of modifiable risk factors. With a predominantly young and middle-aged population, Africa presents a prime opportunity to implement evidence-based strategies that could significantly reduce future dementia cases and mitigate its economic impact. The multinational Africa-FINGERS program offers an innovative solution, pioneering culturally sensitive, multidomain interventions tailored to the unique challenges of the region. Leveraging insights from landmark global studies such as Worldwide-FINGERS and Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, the program employs a multideterminant precision prevention framework, grounded in community based systems dynamics. Africa-FINGERS further integrates cutting-edge state-of-the-art multimodal biomarker evaluations tailored to regional contexts, with the goal of advancing brain health and establishing a global standard for dementia prevention. This groundbreaking initiative highlights the potential for scalableand sustainable interventions, thus is poised to transform dementia risk reduction efforts across the continent. HIGHLIGHTS: Dementia rates are escalating in Africa, largely due to longer life spans and increased prevalence of modifiable risk factors. Yet, few regional interventions have directly targeted lifestyle factors to reduce dementia risk. The multinational Africa-FINGERS study will address this gap by adapting the successful FINGERS lifestyle intervention to African populations. Africa-FINGERS will pioneer a culturally informed, multidomain dementia risk reduction intervention in the African region through feasibility dementia prevention trials in rural and urban sites across Kenya and Nigeria in the first instance, enrolling 600 at-risk adults (≥ 50 years). The program adopts participatory research methods to develop culturally appropriate interventions and build infrastructure to evaluate dementia biomarkers from ante and post mortem samples. A cost-effectiveness analysis will be conducted to guide the strategic implementation of Africa-FINGERS into regional health systems. The Africa-FINGERS strategy aligns with the Worldwide-FINGERS framework and integrates the global Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative approach, emphasizing multimodal analysis. 000274035 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353$$a353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)$$cPOF4-353$$fPOF IV$$x0 000274035 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef, PubMed, , Journals: pub.dzne.de 000274035 650_7 $$2Other$$aAlzheimer's disease 000274035 650_7 $$2Other$$abrain banking 000274035 650_7 $$2Other$$acommunity‐based participatory research 000274035 650_7 $$2Other$$adementia prevention trials 000274035 650_7 $$2Other$$afluid and neuroimaging biomarkers 000274035 650_7 $$2Other$$ahealth economics 000274035 650_7 $$2Other$$aimplementation science 000274035 650_7 $$2Other$$aretinal imaging 000274035 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aHumans 000274035 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aRisk Reduction Behavior 000274035 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aAfrica: epidemiology 000274035 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aDementia: prevention & control 000274035 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aDementia: epidemiology 000274035 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aBrain 000274035 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aRisk Factors 000274035 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aHealthy Aging 000274035 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aNeuroimaging 000274035 7001_ $$aMaina, Rachel$$b1 000274035 7001_ $$aAnazodo, Udunna C$$b2 000274035 7001_ $$aAkinyemi, Rufus$$b3 000274035 7001_ $$aAtwoli, Lukoye$$b4 000274035 7001_ $$aBaker, Laura$$b5 000274035 7001_ $$aBassil, Darina$$b6 000274035 7001_ $$aBlackmon, Karen$$b7 000274035 7001_ $$aBosire, Edna$$b8 000274035 7001_ $$aChemutai, Gloria$$b9 000274035 7001_ $$aCrivelli, Lucia$$b10 000274035 7001_ $$aEze, Laz U$$b11 000274035 7001_ $$aIbanez, Agustin$$b12 000274035 7001_ $$aKafetsouli, Dimitra$$b13 000274035 7001_ $$aKarikari, Thomas K$$b14 000274035 7001_ $$aKhakali, Linda$$b15 000274035 7001_ $$aKumar, Manasi$$b16 000274035 7001_ $$aLengyel, Imre$$b17 000274035 7001_ $$ade Jager Loots, Celeste A$$b18 000274035 7001_ $$aMangialasche, Francesca$$b19 000274035 7001_ $$aMbugua, Sylvia$$b20 000274035 7001_ $$aMerali, Zul$$b21 000274035 7001_ $$aMielke, Michelle$$b22 000274035 7001_ $$aMostert, Cyprian$$b23 000274035 7001_ $$aMuthoni, Eunice$$b24 000274035 7001_ $$aNesic-Taylor, Olivera$$b25 000274035 7001_ $$aNgugi, Anthony$$b26 000274035 7001_ $$aNguku, Samuel$$b27 000274035 7001_ $$aOgunniyi, Adesola$$b28 000274035 7001_ $$aOgunyemi, Adedoyin$$b29 000274035 7001_ $$aOkonkwo, Ozioma C$$b30 000274035 7001_ $$aOkubadejo, Njideka$$b31 000274035 7001_ $$0P:(DE-2719)2812234$$aPerneczky, Robert$$b32$$udzne 000274035 7001_ $$aPeto, Tunde$$b33 000274035 7001_ $$aRiang'a, Roselyter M$$b34 000274035 7001_ $$aSaleh, Mansoor$$b35 000274035 7001_ $$aSayed, Shaheen$$b36 000274035 7001_ $$aShah, Jasmit$$b37 000274035 7001_ $$aShah, Sheena$$b38 000274035 7001_ $$aSolomon, Alina$$b39 000274035 7001_ $$aThesen, Thomas$$b40 000274035 7001_ $$aTrepel, Dominic$$b41 000274035 7001_ $$aUcheagwu, Valentine$$b42 000274035 7001_ $$aValcour, Victor$$b43 000274035 7001_ $$aWaa, Sheila$$b44 000274035 7001_ $$aWatermeyer, Tamlyn$$b45 000274035 7001_ $$aYokoyama, Jennifer$$b46 000274035 7001_ $$aZetterberg, Henrik$$b47 000274035 7001_ $$aKivipelto, Miia$$b48 000274035 7001_ $$aTeam, Africa-FINGERS Study$$b49$$eCollaboration Author 000274035 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)2201940-6$$a10.1002/alz.14344$$gVol. 20, no. 12, p. 8987 - 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