Session Three: To explore ways in which we can increase investment in innovation. Part 2 presents a case study of innovation across the globe and the need to continue global collaboration
Marc Wortman, Executive Director, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI)
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Marc Wortman, Executive Director, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI)
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*Includes grants, contracts, and other funding mechanisms used across the National Institutes of Health.
**Includes heart disease ($1.38), coronary heart disease ($457M), cardiovascular disease ($2.14B), and stroke
($337M).
Sources: MetLife Foundation; National Institutes of Health
While AD Is the Second-Most Feared Health Condition
in the US, it Remains Poorly Funded
% People Who Fear it Most Annual Public Research Funding ($billions)*
AD AD
2. National Dementia Plans
Countries with National Dementia Plans
http://www.alz.co.uk/alzheimer-plans
• Australia
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Japan
• Luxembourg
• South Korea
• Switzerland
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Taiwan
• UK (plans for England,
Scotland, Northern
Ireland and Wales)
• USA
4. Global Alzheimer’s and
Dementia Action Alliance
• Response to call upon Civil Society in Declaration of
the Summit
• Launched at World Health Assembly 19 May 2014
• Purpose is to tackle global stigma by building
commitment and actions at international level and
sharing best practices
• Open for international non-governmental
organisations (NGOs)
• Each member will commit to an action plan
• First meeting alongside UN Review of NCDs 10 July
According to a US survey, AD is the second most feared condition (MetLife Foundation).
When asked which of five major diseases they are most afraid, 31 % said Alzheimer’s, while 41% said cancer. Heart disease and stroke were named by 8% each, while only 6% said they fear diabetes most.
The survey, What America Thinks, was conducted by telephone with 1,007 adults by Harris Interactive for MetLife Foundation in September 2010.
An international survey also showed that dementia ranked second only to cancer among age-related diseases people reported fearing most (BUPA Health Pulse 2010 Aging Societies: Challenges and Opportunities. 2010.).
Funding indicates the annual support level for various research, condition, and disease categories based on grants, contracts, and other funding mechanisms used across the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as of February 2011.
Sources:
BUPA Health Pulse 2010 Aging Societies: Challenges and Opportunities. 2010.
MetLife Foundation. What America Thinks MetLife Foundation Alzheimer’s Survey. http://www.metlife.com/assets/cao/contributions/foundation/alzheimers-2011.pdf.
National Institutes of Health. Estimates of Funding for Various Research, Condition, and Disease Categories (RCDC). http://report.nih.gov/rcdc/categories/Default.aspx.