Box 1. Recommendations to address challenges in diagnosis.

Screening protocols with simple and short tests

Training healthcare professionals to accurately perform cognitive screening

Training GPs to diagnose patients with dementia

Enable community health agents to recognize signs of cognitive decline

Telemedicine consultations could improve access to specialists

Training healthcare professionals to recognize cultural peculiarities of immigrant communities

Use of screening methods less affected by education

Raise dementia awareness amongst the general population, through soap operas, social networks or national campaigns

AD biomarkers and genetic tests should only be interpreted by specialists

Reduce stigma by improving communication between provider and patients/families

GP: general practitioner; AD: Alzheimer’s disease.