• Valery L Feigin, Theo Vos, Emma Nichols, Mayowa O Owolabi, William M Carroll, Martin Dichgans, Günther Deuschl, Priya Parmar, Michael Brainin, and Christopher Murray.
• National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: valery.feigin@aut.ac.nz.
• Lancet Neurol. 2020 Mar 1; 19 (3): 255265255-265.

AbstractNeurological disorders are the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of death worldwide. In the past 30 years, the absolute numbers of deaths and people with disabilities owing to neurological diseases have risen substantially, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries, and further increases are expected globally as a result of population growth and ageing. This rise in absolute numbers of people affected suggests that advances in prevention and management of major neurological disorders are not sufficiently effective to counter global demographic changes. Urgent measures to reduce this burden are therefore needed. Because resources for health care and research are already overstretched, priorities need to be set to guide policy makers, governments, and funding organisations to develop and implement action plans for prevention, health care, and research to tackle the growing challenge of neurological disorders.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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