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Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and has become a devastating economic and social burden for an aging society. This report compares public health aspects of the management of patients with AD in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (prevalence, diagnosis and healthcare provision) and Germany. Secondary epidemiology data and health care systems from around the world were analyzed to explore differences in case detection, medical specialist accessibility, long-term care architecture and caregiving practices. Care is more established in Germany: there are dementia care resources, and diagnosis at an early stage is more common than in Samarkand. Neverthless, reliance on informal family caregivers results from problems of underdiagnosis and lack of specialist support. Intervention points also includes public education and more screening programs, and greater healthcare access in low-income countries