Webinar title: Frailty in Primary Health Care: a Call to Action for General Practitioners
As life-expectancy increases in all countries, older age brings along increasing health challenges. Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability to internal stressors. However, older adults are rarely diagnosed nor managed for frailty in LMICs. The lecture will offer an introduction to the subject of frailty, describe its pathophysiology and risk factors, highlight available screening tools for clinicians in resource-limited settings, and discuss evidence-based interventions to treat and prevent frailty.
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Munyambu
Daniel Mutonga has an interest in tropical medicine, lifestyle diseases, aging, and mental health. He has ten years’ experience working as a GP at a national psychiatric hospital and recently within the Research Department. He graduated with an intercalated BSc. Medical Physiology, MBChB, and MSc. Tropical & Infectious Diseases from the University of Nairobi and was based in Havana, Cuba for 2.5 years as a resident before relocating to Nairobi. Daniel has published on diabetic foot infections, open access, intimate partner violence, pediatric critical care, traveler’s diarrhoea and is a 2024/25 TALENTS Program Fellow (University of Ibadan/Medical University of South Carolina).
Objectives:
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To define frailty, its risk factors, pathophysiology
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To compare various frailty measurement tools
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To list possible biomarkers of frailty among older adults
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To mention examples of frailty and chronic disease comorbidity
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To highlight proven interventions on frailty based on current evidence
Date: Thursday, 12th of September 2024
Time: 3 pm Central Africa Time (CAT)
Duration: 1 hour
CPD Points: 1