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The Africa-FINGERS Project
\n<\/strong>\u2013<\/em> Dementia risk reduction in the African context:
\nMulti-national implementation of multimodal strategies to promote healthy Brain Aging in Africa<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column top_padding_desktop=”0″ bottom_padding_desktop=”0″ left_padding_desktop=”0″ right_padding_desktop=”30″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”5px” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_color=”#006885″ column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”advanced” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1760978543139{margin-right: 50px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 6px !important;padding-right: 6px !important;padding-bottom: 6px !important;padding-left: 7px !important;border-left-color: #e3a883 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #e3a883 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #e3a883 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #e3a883 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”]Despite the continent’s high prevalence of modifiable risk factors, dementia prevention in Africa is critically underexplored. The Africa-FINGERS program is pioneering culturally sensitive, multidomain interventions tailored to the unique challenges of the region. Integrating cutting\u2010edge multimodal biomarker evaluations tailored to regional contexts, it aims to introduce scalable and sustainable interventions poised to transform dementia risk reduction efforts across the continent.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1761827183399{margin-right: 50px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;border-left-color: #e3a883 !important;border-right-color: #e3a883 !important;border-top-color: #e3a883 !important;border-bottom-color: #e3a883 !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}”]Latest page update: 30 October, 2025<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1756713428474{margin-right: 50px !important;padding-top: 1px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 1px !important;background-color: rgba(227,168,131,0.52) !important;*background-color: rgb(227,168,131) !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}”]\n
Aim of the project<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1761043760850{margin-right: 50px !important;}”]Africa-FINGERS marks the inaugural effort to coordinate and implement culturally informed multidomain interventions to reduce AD\/ADRD risk across the continent, with a strong emphasis on sustainability of these interventional and novel strategies for assessment, management, and prevention.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1756283848827{margin-right: 50px !important;padding-top: 1px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 1px !important;background-color: rgba(227,168,131,0.52) !important;*background-color: rgb(227,168,131) !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}”]\n
Location<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1761075273481{margin-right: 40px !important;}”]Currently recruitment in Kenya (Nairobi and Kilifi sites) and Nigeria (Awka, Lagos, Yobe, Ibadan sites).
\nIf feasible will expand to other African countries part of the project.<\/p>\n

Countries involved:<\/p>\n

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  1. Kenya<\/li>\n
  2. Benin<\/li>\n
  3. Cameroon<\/li>\n
  4. Cote D\u2019Ivoire<\/li>\n
  5. DR Congo<\/li>\n
  6. Egypt<\/li>\n
  7. Ethiopia<\/li>\n
  8. Mauritius<\/li>\n
  9. Nigeria<\/li>\n
  10. Ghana<\/li>\n
  11. Tanzania<\/li>\n
  12. South Africa<\/li>\n
  13. Uganda<\/li>\n
  14. Botswana<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1760974481680{margin-right: 50px !important;padding-top: 1px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 1px !important;background-color: rgba(227,168,131,0.52) !important;*background-color: rgb(227,168,131) !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}”]\n
    Local setting<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1760974531310{margin-right: 50px !important;}”]Protocol development using co-design methods
    \n<\/strong>With the community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach, the team is developing a multimodal intervention protocol for dementia prevention in African populations that uses participatory methods, co-design workshops, and collaborative stances combining diverse disciplines, expertise, research\u2013policy\u2013practice partnerships. Integrating CBPR principles, the involvement of local stakeholders from the outset ensures that community values and priorities shape the intervention and promote sustainability. <\/p>\n

    Local organizations will support in the recruitment for the co-design workshops.<\/p>\n

    Enrollment strategy
    \n<\/strong>Participants (300 from Kenya and 300 from Nigeria) will be recruited from pre-phenotyped observational cohorts.<\/p>\n