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Join us in Lima, Peru for the inaugural WDC Satellite Summit on 13 May. We’re bringing together dementia and policy experts to explore the public policy response to the challenge of dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean. Learn more: bit.ly/40yLo09.

The final virtual roundtable in our series on Dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held 25 April. Co-chairs Ishtar Govia and Dr Horace Cox will lead a discussion on Policy, Advocacy and Awareness. Learn more about the event and speakers bit.ly/4jqEBMm

We’re just one month away from the inaugural WDC Satellite Summit in Lima, Peru hosted in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association. The meeting will be conducted in English and Spanish with translation services provided. Learn more: bit.ly/40yLo09.

The 2025 WDC Summit brought together international experts to share thinking & develop solutions to accelerate innovation & deliver change. We were honoured to be joined by Lord Patrick Vallance & @karinsmythfor. Read their remarks and more about the day: bit.ly/420Nlmy

📢 Newly Published: The WDC March update in Alzheimer's & Dementia Journals. This month we feature updates from our Treatment Series. Read the update here: bit.ly/428c4Wp

✍️Read the latest blog from our new chair Joanne Pike, DrPH and vice chair @caramellipaulo. They outline their priorities for advancing treatments, prevention and better care. Read the blog here: bit.ly/4jwGMyb

Friday we’re hosting the final virtual roundtable in our Latin America & the Caribbean Series. Experts from the Caribbean will explore how to build policy momentum, raise public awareness, & drive system-level change to address the region’s dementia burden bit.ly/4jqEBMm

📣Happening tomorrow: the final virtual roundtable in our series on Dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean. Co-chairs Ishtar Govia and Dr Horace Cox will lead a discussion on Policy, Advocacy and Awareness. Learn more about the event and speakers bit.ly/4jqEBMm

📣Starting soon: our final virtual roundtable in our Dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean series. Follow along here as our chairs and panel discuss Policy, Advocacy, and Awareness in the Caribbean. Learn more: bit.ly/4jqEBMm

WDC Executive Director lennyshallcross welcomes today’s participants for the final virtual roundtable in our Dementia in Latin America & the Caribbean series. And previews our Satellite Summit in Lima next month.

Co-chair Ishtar Govia sets the stage for today’s discussion which will explore how private and public entities can work together to develop and implement effective policies, raise awareness, and engage both the public and private sectors in advancing dementia care.

John Barnes provides insights into his family’s personal experience with dementia, reflecting on the cultural barriers and stigma around dementia, particularly in the Black and Caribbean communities.

Thank you, Prof. Ian Hambleton for providing a close look at dementia in Barbados. It's critical to explore how health gains are being offset by demographic pressures, despite improvements in other areas, if we're to address the public health challenges of dementia in the region.

Dr. Seb Walsh discusses the implications of the field’s learnings about dementia risk factors, intervention and care, highlighting public health frameworks for dementia prevention that are both cost-effective and scalable in the Caribbean.

“We all know the need for data & data access — but what can be done to improve sharing to benefit patients?” Avinash Saxena poses a critical question and highlights his work on a patient-centered, integrated digital ecosystem designed for the Caribbean’s infrastructure challenges

Thank you, Dr. Chelsea Garcia for sharing learnings and successes from your integrated, multidisciplinary community-based, care model which is providing improved health outcomes in Trinidad.

Co-chairs Horace Cox & Ishtar Govia lead the discussion on policy-level solutions needed to improve outcomes for people facing dementia in the Caribbean. Among the possible solutions, Horace spoke to the role health data systems can play in integration and breaking down barriers.

The inaugural WDC Satellite Summit in Lima, hosted in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, will challenge participants to think boldly and offer solutions from prevention, to research and care and ask how advocacy can help secure those advancements. More: bit.ly/40yLo09

✍️Each month updates and insights from the World Dementia Council are published in Alzheimer's and Dementia: the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. Read the April edition focused on our dementia awareness in Latin America and the Caribbean: bit.ly/42UBfL3