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Read About the Project
Scientific progress in dementia is creating new possibilities for earlier diagnosis, prevention, and treatment — but implementation now becomes the central challenge. Advocacy will play a defining role in how these advances reach people and shape services. The WDC is convening a series of dialogues to examine how advocacy can adapt in this new context.
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Advocacy Events
The World Dementia Council hosts advocacy roundtables and workshops with advocates, policymakers, and community leaders. These sessions explore how public understanding of dementia is changing, and how advocacy can help drive access to diagnosis and treatment, deliver brain health interventions, and enable innovation. Participants share experience from different countries and movements, identifying practical ways to shape public and political awareness.
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Advocacy Publications
Explore reflections, perspectives, and analyses from across the dementia advocacy community. The WDC publishes blogs, think pieces, and discussion papers on how advocacy is evolving in an era of prevention, earlier diagnosis, and new treatments. These publications share lessons, opportunities, and challenges emerging from global practice. Read recent pieces and follow the conversation as it develops.
From Discovery to Delivery: Advocacy in the Treatment Era
Advocacy has always driven progress in dementia. We now enter a new moment: earlier diagnosis, emerging treatments, and stronger evidence on prevention. Scientific progress is real — but progress only matters when it reaches people. The challenge is implementation: timely diagnosis, access to treatment, and support across the disease course. Advocacy will shape whether this shift becomes a system reality or remains a scientific milestone. The World Dementia Council is convening leaders worldwide to define what advocacy needs to look like next. Read more about the project, upcoming events, and recent publications