Prevalence of Parkinson’s disease – Africa

There appears to be an upward trend in the prevalence of PD in the Middle East and North Africa.¹ However, data are scarce; an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) surveys 1990–2016 found no data were available for central sub-Saharan Africa, and southern sub-Saharan Africa² – therefore more efforts, expenditure, and research are needed to determine robust numbers for the prevalence and incidence of PD in Africa, as well as in many other parts of the world.

References:
1.Safiri S, Noori M, Nejadghaderi SA, et al. The burden of Parkinson’s disease in the Middle East and North Africa region, 1990–2019: results from the global burden of disease study 2019. BMC Public Health 2023; 23 (1): 107.

2.GBD 2016 Parkinson’s Disease Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of Parkinson’s disease, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet Neurol 2018; 17 (11): 939–953.