Partnership launched to fight Alzheimer’s worldwide
GENEVA, January 26, 2021 The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC), a first-of-its-kind global effort to accelerate the discovery, testing and delivery of precision interventions for Alzheimer’s, has been launched. Through public-private partnership, the DAC will help governments manage their response to this disease and reduce the burden for families worldwide. Although Covid-19 will be the priority for health systems around the world this year, diseases like dementia are projected to increase from affecting 50 million families today to 150 million families and half a billion individuals by 2050. DAC has established a comprehensive approach to collecting diverse population data, conducting clinical trials, and supporting health system preparedness across middle- and low-resource countries.