ADI is delighted to invite our network for 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 (Online and in person). A drinks reception will be held from 17:30 – 18:00 (CEST) for those joining us in-person.
Register now for this free event
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.
Our panellists include:
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Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al Hussein of Jordan
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Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Minister of Health, Government of the Republic of Indonesia
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Firas Ibrahim Al-Hawar, Minister of Health, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
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Dévora Kestel, Director, Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization
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Conny Helder, former Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Government of the Netherlands
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Joanne Pike, President and CEO Alzheimer’s Association, United States
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Maribel Campo, General Director of the State Reference Center for Alzheimer’s and other dementias of the Institute for the Elderly and Social Services, The Government of Spain
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Yoshimasa Tosaka, Director for Dementia Strategy, Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, The Government of Japan
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Friederike De Maeyer, Carer and Chairwoman of Board, Demenz Selbsthilfe Austria