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Tag Archives: Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA)
More on the Disproportionately High Impact of Dementia Upon Women (GADAA)
Summary Women comprise roughly 65% of people with dementia in the UK. They are disproportionately affected by the condition in terms of having to assume caring responsibilities. The main section headings in this report comprise: Chapter 1: Key Challenges. An … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Research Towards a World Without Dementia: Marking World Alzheimer’s Day / World Alzheimer’s Month 2017 (Alzheimer’s Disease International / Department of Health)
Summary Information is available from Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) concerning World Alzheimer’s Month (September) and World Alzheimer’s Day 2017, which was on September 21st 2017. The theme for this year’s World Alzheimer’s Month campaign is again “Remember Me”. The UK … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Department of Health, Diagnosis, In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Challenges in Developing Disease-Modifying Treatments for Dementia (Department of Health)
Summary Raj Long, the Senior Regulatory Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, explores the problems in developing treatments for dementia. The independent “Finding a Path for the Cure for Dementia” report is a contribution to the G8 Dementia … Continue reading →
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Dementia 2015 UK Policy Report: Improving the Quality of Life for People with Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society’s fourth annual report exploring the quality of life for people with dementia (and their families and carers) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is entitled “Dementia 2015: Aiming higher to transform lives is in England”. This … Continue reading →
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Women and Dementia (Alzheimer’s Disease International / GADAA)
Summary This year’s Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) World Alzheimer Report is a thorough international review of the disproportionate impact of dementia on women. It examines three aspects of the differential effect of gender on: Women living with dementia. Women caring … Continue reading →
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International Meeting of Regulators on Challenges of Dementia Research and Drug Development (MHRA / Department of Health)
Summary The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) took part in an international workshop with other regulators, and has released a statement of intent about how to support the development of drugs for dementia. This work is in support … Continue reading →
Posted in Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged Accelerating Alzheimer's Research and Drug Development, Attrition Analysis, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Clinical Trial Efficiency, Composite End Points: Development of Standardised and Validated Endpoint Components, Coordinated Regulatory Action, Danish Health and Medicines Authority, Dementia Research, Department of Health’s Integrated Development Initiative, Disease Modifying Treatment by 2025 (Aim), Disease-Modifying Therapies, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, Drug Development for Alzheimer's Disease, Drug Regulation, Drug-Development Pipeline, European Medicines Agency, Expediting Regulatory Approval Procedures: Balancing Benefits and Risks, Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices, First Global Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia, First WHO Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia, G7 Global Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit, Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA), Global Leadership, Global Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia (WHO), Global Outlook, Global Regulatory Efficiency and Consistency, Health Canada, Incentives, Incentives for Drug Development, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations, Italian Medicines Agency, Market Failure (Dementia Research and Drug Development), Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Medicines Evaluation Board, Multilateral Cooperation: Reducing Unnecessary Testing Replication and Methodology Testing, Office for Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical and Medicines Devices Agency (Japan), Pharmaceutical Regulators, Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Regulation, Regulators, Regulatory Barriers, Regulatory Research Dementia Workshop, Regulatory System, Removing Regulatory Barriers, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Swissmedic, Translational Research, US Food and Drug Administration, WDC: World Dementia Council, WHO: World Health Organization, World Dementia Council
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New World Dementia Council Website (WDC)
Summary An announcement has been released from the pre-existing World Dementia Council (WDC) site that a fresh World Dementia Council website (on the WordPress platform) has been launched. The older site will no longer be updated. The benefits of this … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, Diagnosis, In the News, Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Chief Medical Officer: Professor Dame Sally Davies, Daisy Acosta: World Dementia Council Member, Dementia Awareness, Dennis Gillings: Former World Dementia Envoy, Dr Kiyoshi Kurokawa: Professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Science Advisor to the Cabinet of Japan, Dr Yves Joanette: Scientific Director of Canadian Institute of Health Research (Institute of Aging), Franz Humer: Chairman of Diageo plc, G7 Global Dementia Summit, G8 Dementia Summit, George Vradenburg: President and Chairman of the Vradenburg Foundation and US Against Alzheimer’s, Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA), Global Envoy for Dementia Innovation, Global Leadership, Global Outlook, Global Social Investment for Dementia, Harry Johns: World Dementia Council Member, Hilary Doxford: Vice Chairperson of Alzheimer’s Europe, Hilary Doxford: World Dementia Council Member, International Collaborations, International Dementia Research Inventories, International Programmes, Joël Ménard: Professor of Public Health Faculty of Medicine Paris-Descartes, Joel Menard: World Dementia Council Member, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Martin Knapp: London School of Economics, Meera Pattabiraman: Chairperson of Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India, Meera Pattabiraman: World Dementia Council Member, Open Science and Data, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Paul Stoffels: Worldwide Chairman of Johnson & Johnson, Philippe Amouyel: World Dementia Council Member, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Professor Philippe Amouyel: General Director of Fondation Plan Alzheimer, Professor Pierluigi Nicotera: Scientific Director and Chairman of the Executive Board at the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Professor Ronald Petersen: Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Raj Long: Senior Regulatory Officer for Integrated Development in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Research and Innovation, Resource and Incentives, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Reduction (Formerly Termed Prevention by WDC), Sir William Castell: Chairman of the Wellcome Trust, Tim Evans: Director for Health Nutrition and Population at the World Bank, WDC: World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council, World Dementia Council Members, World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Organization (WHO)
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Dementia Care, Patient Experience and Risk Reduction Are Priorities for World Dementia Council (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / WDC)
Summary It has been agreed at the World Dementia Council‘s third meeting in London (held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Friday October 17th 2014) that dementia care (i.e. health and social care) and risk reduction should be added … Continue reading →
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