Reflections from the World Dementia Council
On 11th and 12th December 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) held an international meeting in Geneva on implementation of the Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia 2017-2025 (GAP). The meeting included presentation of the newly-launched Global Dementia Observatory (GDO)...
Categories: Press ReleasesPublished date: 19th December 2017 by World Dementia CouncilHarry Johns and Jeremy Hughes elected as Chair and Vice-Chair
The World Dementia Council reviews its membership once a year. This year, we also held a process to elect a new Chair and Vice-Chair to succeed, respectively, Yves Joanette and Raj Long, who have announced that they will step down...
Categories: Press ReleasesPublished date: 14th December 2017 by World Dementia CouncilWorld Dementia Council welcomes essential step in global fight against dementia
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched the Global Dementia Observatory, an international surveillance platform that will monitor progress around the world in meeting global aims to defeat dementia set out in the WHO Global action plan for the...
Categories: Press ReleasesPublished date: 7th December 2017 by World Dementia Council