Designing Culturally Appropriate Cognitive Tools in Resource Limited Setting: Lessons from Ethiopia's Multilingual and Culturally Diverse Context

Abstract

Background: Rising prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) highlights an urgent need for effective cognitive assessment tools tailored to this region. Existing tools are often culturally and linguistically inappropriate and have inadequate validity and reliability.