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Satellite summit programme
This one-day WDC Satellite Summit hosted in partnership with Alzheimer's Association brought together policymakers, clinicians, researchers, and advocates from across Latin America and the Caribbean with contributions from international experts beyond the region. The one-day programme explored the region’s public policy response to dementia, considering opportunities in prevention, research, diagnosis, care, and support. The meeting built on WDC dialogues across the region.
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Dialogues on Dementia in Latin America
Read the outcomes of three dialogues held from November 2024 to March 2025 on research and clinical trials, brain health and social determinants of health, and awareness and understanding. The conversations brought together experts and advocates from across the region to ask how progress can be accelerated and translated into practice.
Lima Peru — 13 May 2025
This inaugural one-day WDC Satellite Summit, hosted in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association explored the public policy response to the challenge of dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean. Given the rapidly ageing population, policymakers need to urgently address the challenges dementia presents. The 2025 WDC Satellite Summit challenged participants to think boldly and offer solutions from prevention, to research and care and ask how advocacy can help secure those advances.