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ADI launches inaugural End of Year Forecast with Professor Jeff Cummings

On 10 December, ADI launched its inaugural End of Year Forecast, focusing on ‘Translating the Alzheimer's Treatment Revolution into Real World Solutions’. This event sought to highlight the new era for Alzheimer’s treatments and cut through the often confusing and cryptic information that is available to the general public. ADI is pleased to share the slide featured in this event. Make sure to scroll down the page to see all 127 Alzheimer’s treatments and their place in the pipeline.

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ADI attends WISH7 Conference in Qatar

DY Suharya, ADI’s Regional Director for Asia Pacific, attended the 2024 World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) in Doha, Qatar, where over 3,000 global health leaders gathered to explore innovative solutions under the theme “Humanizing Health: Conflict, Equity, and Resilience.”. In this blog, we highlight DY’s highlights from this bi-annual event, including a plenary sessions delivered by Dame Louise Robinson, Co-Chair of the ADI Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel (MSAP) and Director Institute of Ageing, Newcastle University, UK.

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Alzheimer’s Disease Chinese hosts 27th Asia-Pacific Region Conference

ADI team members from across the globe met up in Xi'an China in late October 2024 for the 27th Asia-Pacific Region Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International and the 2024 Annual Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease Chinese. This blog showcases highlights from the conferences and the ADI Asia Pacific regional meeting.

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Creating the World Alzheimer Report 2024

The creation of the World Alzheimer Report is always a dynamic and collaborative process. This year’s report is a follow-up to the 2019 World Alzheimer Report on attitudes to dementia, and like five years ago, ADI commissioned the London School of Economics’ Care Policy and Evaluation Centre The survey and report aimed to track changes in global perceptions of dementia, while adding new questions around treatments and policy impact. Hear from ADI’s Publications Manager Chloé Benoist about how the team brought this year’s report together.

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World Alzheimer’s Month 2024 in the Americas Region  

ADI is sharing a round-up of the recent activities in the Americas region during this year’s World Alzheimer’s Month. Our member associations in the Americas have showcased their collective strength in the region while making strides in both their dementia awareness-raising efforts as well as their support for those who have been impacted by dementia and their carers.  

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