ADI and PAHO launch ‘Let’s Talk About Dementia campaign’ in the Americas to address stigma and to encourage conversations around dementia
• Every 3 seconds someone in the world develops dementia
• Around 10 million people living with dementia live in the Americas
• Dementia became a $US1 trillion-dollar a year disease in 2018
Washington D.C:--- (PAHO-ADI):--- An Americas-wide campaign launched today by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) aims to get people talking more comfortably and openly about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Today, 1 September, marks the beginning
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