WELCOME: GLOBAL BHP BRAINTRUST
A Message from Andrea Pfeifer, Chair of the Global BHP BrainTrust
Dear Friend,
Summer Holiday is a great time to escape, reflect, recharge, and even embrace
a re-set on personal priorities. What the pandemic made clear is we must become pro-active about our own brain health that is linked directly to quality of life and successful longevity. Today, there are 13 super-aged countries where more than one in five of the population is 65 or older. By 2030, that number will almost triple to 34 countries.
Now, imagine how different our world will look with our super-aged populations. We’ll see an increase in the number of age-related conditions — heart disease, diabetes, depression. Each of these is worthy of a targeted, strategic response. But dementia will remain the most pressing issue reaching an estimated 74.7 million globally by 2030 with the disproportionate burden borne by women.
Researchers have also just identified a novel gene for Alzheimer’s Disease in women that may predispose us to dementia and adds urgency to our joint Global-US Brain Trust mission.