At national level, there are calls from the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) aimed at health issues, if the priority is mental health or aging. In addition, several National Institutes of Health have international agreements, for example the institute of neurology has partnerships with Wellcome Trust, European Research Council, Medical Research Council (UK), Alzheimer’s Association, and FEDMA. The National Institute of Public Health (INSP) and the National Institute of Geriatrics (INGer) have collaborated with the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS).

At least three National Institutes of Health include in their Research and/or Clinical Departments researchers that have dementia as one of their main lines of research (National Institute of Geriatrics, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosciences and the National Institute of Nutrition and Medical Sciences). For example, Sara Torres Castro, researcher at the National Institute of Geriatrics has received a grant from the British Academy/Newton Fund to develop the ‘PROCUIDA-Dementia’ study; a feasibility study investigating an optimised person-centred intervention to reduce antipsychotic medication and improve the quality of life of older people living in care homes (ISRCTN 16463016); the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosciences has been part of the 10/66 dementia project since its onset and is currently collaborating in the FINGERS project. The Institutes, in collaboration with the National Academy of Medicine and different universities have collaborated in publishing three books[1], one position statement together with the National Academy of Medicine, one with the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (UASLP) and one with the Alzheimer’s Iberoamerica association.

[1] La Enfermedad de Alzheimer y otras demencias como problema nacional de salud (https://www.anmm.org.mx/publicaciones/ultimas_publicaciones/ANM-ALZHEIMER.pdf); El Alzheimer en Iberoamérica (https://alzheimeriberoamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/media/uploads/regular_files/el-alzheimer-en-iberoamerica.pdf ); Demencias. Una visión panorámica (http://www.cdi.salud.gob.mx/descargas/publicaciones-inger/Demencia.pdf ).