ADI is delighted to announce the launch of our new From Plan to Impact report, taking place as a side event at the World Health Assembly at 18:00 (CEST) 21st May 2025 and will be open to both online and in person attendees.
2025 will prove to be a pivotal year, with the World Health Assembly convening for its 78th meeting that will include a crucial decision on whether to extend the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia, currently due to expire in 2025. ADI has been leading on the call for a vital 6-year extension, to 2031.
Back in 2017, all 194 WHO Member States unanimously adopted the dementia Global Action Plan but due to a difficult intervening period, including COVID-19, multiple humanitarian and financial crises, most governments are still yet to commit and develop a national dementia plan. There are currently more than 55 million people living with dementia, a figure set to almost triple by 2050. Dementia will also be the 3rd leading cause of death by 2040.
With the approval of the first-ever-disease-modifying treatments, breakthroughs in diagnostics and research showing that up to 45% of dementias could be delayed or even prevented, we must remain committed to this global plan at this pivotal moment, to ensure that dementia remains a global health and care priority.
In this context, ADI is launching an edition of From Plan to Impact reflecting on progress, barriers, solutions and new momentum. We will bring together a leading panel of experts, including from the WHO, key ministries, research, treatment, care and policy; with the voice of lived experience at the heart of the panel.
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