Harry 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...
World 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...
World Dementia Council welcomes boost for research on disease-modifying therapies - Bill Gates joins battle against Dementia
Respected philanthropist Bill Gates has invested $50 million in the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF). This is Mr Gates’ first investment in dementia research, and a personal one, sparked by experience of Alzheimer’s in...