In 2013, the UK hosted the G8 Dementia Summit and subsequently coordinated global activity around Dementia. One strand of work has led to the publication, in July 2015, of Raj Long’s independent report Finding a path for a cure for Dementia: An independent report into an integrated approach to dementia...
Categories: UpdatesPublished date: 26th November 2015 by World Dementia CouncilIn order to achieve the G8 Summit Commitment to finding a disease-modifying therapy or cure for dementia by 2025, it became clear that steps would need to be taken to ‘mitigate the market failure’ that is undermining dementia research and drug development efforts. The ‘Integrated Development’ initiative was therefore established,...
Categories: UpdatesPublished date: 26th October 2015 by World Dementia CouncilThe World Dementia Council (WDC) has published a report setting out the progress it has made against its five priorities in the past year, as well as calling for further action to tackle dementia globally.
The WDC, led by World Dementia Envoy Dennis Gillings, was formed following the G8 dementia summit...
Categories: UpdatesPublished date: 26th March 2015 by World Dementia Council