Public Health Education Liason and Advocacy - PHELA

27/08/2025

Did you know? The negative effects of cardiovascular risk factors (like high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption) on the brain, are strongest when they occur in midlife (roughly ages 40–65).

In other words, if these risks are present during your midlife, they cause the most damage to brain health and significantly increase the chances of developing cognitive decline or dementia later in life.

Essentially, dementia does not typically start at the age of 65 years and beyond. The damage often begins around age 40 or so.
Ref:
Schott JM. Lifestyle Interventions to Improve Cognition in Later Life: When Is Enough Enough? JAMA. 2025;334(8):674–676. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.12500

18/08/2025

06/02/2024

https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D5622AQF764A5mTXQSA/feedshare-shrink_800/0/1706795736013?e=1710374400&v=beta&t=927q0BrCqE2ic2CmFdv1VtaoGyUGQGIzbBqNZ2F6d1s

13/12/2023

Dr Motswaledi has been admitted to hospital for a procedure. I pray he recovers soon. I highly commend him, as a cabinet minister, for choosing to be admitted to a public hospital, as a patient. This is unheard of in Africa. This is a sign of confidence on the public health system....that he administered for almost a decade.

10/03/2023

Mozambique ranks in the top 20 on the Alzheimer's & Dementia
(Death Rate Per 100k) list, as shown on the World Health Rankings data site. SA is placed 100 places below Moz. It's also worrisome that all SADC countries rank above SA on the list. It's time for action.
https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/alzheimers-dementia/by-country/
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA

Interactive Charts and Maps that Rank Alzheimers & dementia as a Cause of Death for every country in the World.

02/03/2023

https://twitter.com/pfcd/status/1630654927914541065?t=W1lnzrdZvuxSnFgg1Kf0Gw&s=08

“ ’s use of CED for delays coverage, restricts access, adversely impacts underserved populations and exacerbates health disparities. ”

27/02/2023

Good day fellow Alex'ians...Just another reminder. Do you know anyone who lives with Dementia? Do you know of anyone who is a family carer for a person living with Dementia. Do you want to know more about Dementia, as a brain condition? PHELA Foundation is available to offer information, training, support and referrals relating to Dementia in Alexandra. Go to www.phelafoundation.org or WhatsApp us on 072 214 4284.

PHELA FOUNDATION  is a NPO (2021 / 473420 / 08) that provides simplified and targeted patient-centric medical education to empower patients with self-efficacy and self-agency that enable them to expertly manage their long term chronic conditions, as equal partners in the patient - doctor partnersh...

26/02/2023

Dementia is a sneaky thief that corrupts one memory cell at a time....over a period of years. Then you come to realise that your brain functioning has been impaired...when you can't remember names of people, family, important events etc. Dementia onset can be delayed.....

“Curious about after Bruce Willis's recent diagnosis? GBHI Founding Director and FTD expert spoke with about signs, causes, and treatment for the disease. https://t.co/g4vaJKVZA3”