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Descrip­tion: “The report “Demen­tia: a pub­lic health pri­or­i­ty” has been joint­ly devel­oped by WHO and Alzheimer’s Dis­ease Inter­na­tion­al. The pur­pose of this report is to raise aware­ness of demen­tia as a pub­lic health pri­or­i­ty, to artic­u­late a pub­lic health approach and to advo­cate for action at inter­na­tion­al and nation­al levels.

Demen­tia is a syn­drome that affects mem­o­ry, think­ing, behav­iour and abil­i­ty to per­form every­day activ­i­ties. The num­ber of peo­ple liv­ing with demen­tia world­wide is cur­rent­ly esti­mat­ed at [Read more…] about New WHO Report: Glob­al demen­tia cas­es expect­ed to exceed 115 mil­lion by 2050