When his grandmother was diagnosed, Fernando Peres realised how ill prepared countries like Brazil are for treating dementia
It took one year and countless visits to various doctors in Porto Alegre, in southernAfter undergoing clinical tests, Peres’s grandmother, Nilva Aguzzoli, 73 at the time, attended a doctor’s appointment with her grandson to get the results. Two minutes before the end of the 15-minute appointment, the doctor announced that his grandmother had Alzheimer’s disease before standing up and bidding them farewell.The human toll of non-communicable diseases is huge and rising.
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