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Dialogue: chairs and speakers
At the dialogue there were opening presentations from Dr Gustavo Sevlever, Director of Education and Research of the Fleni Institute and Dr Sylvia Josephy Hernandez, Department of Neurology CCSS Costa Rica, followed by a roundtable discussion. The discussion was co-chaired by Dr Claudia Duran-Aniotz, Assistant Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile.
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Chair's blog
Ahead of the WDC virtual dialogue on research and clinical trials in Latin America and the Caribbean, session chair Dr Claudia Duran-Anitoz, the co-director of the Latin American Institute for Brain Health (BrainLat) at Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile, reflects on the challenges and opportunties in advancing dementia research.
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WDC Project: Dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean
The World Dementia Council is organizing a series of high-level roundtables and a summit to bring together leading experts from academia, industry, care, and advocacy to discuss the public policy challenge and develop recommendations. Following the high level summit in spring 2025, a report bringing together the discussions and recommendations will be published.
The World Dementia Council is holding a series of high-level virtual roundtable focused on the dementia landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean. The first of these was held in November 2024 and focussed on the research and cllinical trials. There were a combination of opening presentations and roundtable discussions.
Subsequent meetings focus on brain health and social determinants (14 Feb 2025) and awareness and understanding (21 February). The series is chaired by Professor Ricardo Allegri, Director of the Memory and Ageing Center at the Neurological Research Institute Fleni in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Professor Paulo Caramelli, Professor of Neurology at the Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. advancing dementia research and clinical trials in Latin America and the Caribbean.
These virtual roundtable focused on dementia public policy in Latin America and the Caribbean are ahead of a high-level summit, hosted by the World Dementia Council in partnership with Alzheiemr's Association taking place in Lima Peru on 13 May 2025.
The Council will be publishing the transcript of the meeting along with the opening presentations and in 2025 will publish a discussion paper bringing together the issues explored in the dialogues.
For more information on the project please contact info@worlddementiacouncil.com
