Nairobi, April 13 -- Africans are losing their memory at an unprecedented rate due to chronic lifestyle diseases such as hypertension and diabetes and a lingering infectious disease burden. This is according to research published in the East African Health Research Journal.

This research, conducted by the University of Dodoma, offers a sobering first look at the prevalence of pre-dementia conditions, analysing data from 28 studies across nine African nations and involving over 26,000 participants.

The findings reveal that half of all African adults over the age of 50 are experiencing noticeable cognitive struggles, with two critical stages of decline: subjective cognitive decline, a state where an individual feels their memory is failin...