World Health Organization: Global status report on the public health response to dementia (2 September 2021)

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Published at the halfway point of the Global action plan on the public health response to dementia 2017 – 2025, this report from the World Health Organization assesses the actions taken by Member States, WHO and civil society since the adoption of this plan and identifies barriers to its implementation. The report also includes estimates on dementia burden and costs globally based on WHO’s Global Health Estimates 2019 and the Global Burden of Disease study 2019.

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