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WHO's new Global status report highlights the growing burden of neurological disorders
Only 32% of countries have policies on neurological disorders and low-income nations have up to 82 times fewer neurologists, WHO reports highlight urgent care gaps.
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WHO's new Global status report highlights the growing burden of neurological disorders
The World Health Organization (WHO) today warns that less than one in three countries around the world has a national policy to address the growing burden of neurological disorders, responsible for over 11 million deaths globally each year.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for an urgent scale-up of care for neurological diseases, which affect more than three billion people worldwide, but many of them could be prevented or treated with appropriate services, the organization warned.
WHO calls for more investment in health and brain care services
More than 40 percent of the world’s population – more than three billion people – are affected by neurological disorders, according to WHOthis is the very first report on the question. The top 10 includes stroke, migraine, meningitis, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementiasas well as neurological complications linked to premature birth, autism spectrum disorders and […] Source
More than a third of the world’s population suffers from some kind of neurological disorder, which has become the leading cause of disease and disability, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in a report published on Tuesday. WHO stressed the need to act on prevention and treatment [...] The WHO entry alerts that more than one third of the world’s population suffers neurological disorders was first published in Information Focus.
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