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The WDC is delighted to announce its new chair and vice chair due to take up their positions this summer.

Professor Philip Scheltens, director of the Alzheimer Center at Amsterdam University Medical Centers (The Netherlands), will become chair of the council. Philip’s main clinical and research interests are Alzheimer's disease,...

by Paola Barbarino

Right now we are at the mid-way stage of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Global action plan on the public health response to dementia 2017 – 2025, which should ultimately result in 146 out of 194 Member States with National Dementia Plans by 2025. Every year since...

International leaders will gather on 7 July 2021 to explore the challenges for health systems to be ready for new treatments. 

Presenting at the event will be Dr Joanne Pike, chief strategy officer at the Alzheimer’s Association who will reflect on the implications for the health system in the US of the...