• WDC publishes Global Care Statement

    World Dementia Council calls For More Care and Support For People Living With Dementia

    The World Dementia Council (WDC) has today published a statement on the importance of care and support for those affected by dementia and their families. The Global Care and Support Statement (“Global Care Statement”), which has been...

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    Published date: May 2017 by info@worlddementiacouncil.com
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  • WDC chair gives lecture to the Italian Society for Dementia

    World Dementia Council (WDC) Chair, Professor Yves Joanette, gave an invited lecture at the twelfth annual meeting of the Italian Society for Dementia in Florence, Italy on Thursday 16th March 2017. In his lecture, “A Global Response to the Global Challenge of Dementia,” Professor Joanette talked about the many diseases that...

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    Published date: March 2017 by info@worlddementiacouncil.com
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  • WHO’s Executive Board endorses its global action plan on dementia

    Yves Joanette and Raj Long, the chair and vice-chair of the World Dementia Council, have warmly welcomed the decision by the World Health Organization’s Executive Board to endorse its global action plan on dementia. The plan is now expected to be formally adopted by the World Health Organization in May...

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    Published date: January 2017 by info@worlddementiacouncil.com
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