Episode 19: Dementia in Nigeria - A conversation with Professor Adesola Ogunniyi

Monday Science

English - September 21, 2020 06:00 - 46 minutes - 43.3 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 18: Dementia - A conversation with Ms Feyi Raimi-Abraham (Founder/CEO of The Black Dementia Company Ltd & caregiver of a parent living with dementia)

Next Episode: Episode 20: Reflections on the Dementia Series interviews & Updates in Dementia Research

All episodes in the month of September will be dedicated to conversations about dementia. The aim of the series is to raise awareness of dementia and experiences of it across the world.

The third episode in our Dementia series is a discussion with Professor Adesola Ogunniyi a Clinician, Neurologist, Neuroepidemiologist and holding professional faculty position at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. They discuss dementia and Alzheimer's Disease more specifically challenges which Nigerian families dealing with dementia are faced with.

Episode and dementia series image credit: Scicommics https://www.instagram.com/science_commics/

Additional Information

Professor Ogunniyi is presenting at the IPDGC Neuroscience in Africa conference "Epigenetics and Dementia: Lessons From the 20-Year Indianapolis-Ibadan Dementia Study" on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 4:00 PM.

Monday Science is funding-raising for DAI during the series. The aim is to raise £500. Please donate via our Just Giving Page (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/monday-science)

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