The CEO of the Spanish Alzheimer's Confederation (CEAFA), Jesús Rodrigo, has been elected as the new president of the Iberoamerican Alzheimer's Federation (AIB), with the aim of continuing to work for the detection and diagnosis of dementia which, in Spain, affects a total of 1,200,000 people. CEAFA's objectives also include changing the stigma associated with the disease.
The decision was made during the general assembly of the AIB in which the new board of directors was approved. Until now, it was chaired by ALMA, the Alzheimer Association of Argentina.
The AIB is a non-profit organisation founded in 2003 to be the defence federation for Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Alzheimer's associations. It is currently made up of members representing Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Spain, Honduras, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Panama, and Venezuela.
CEAFA CEO Jesús Rodrigo, has a degree in Pedagogy and has been a member of the board of directors of Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) for a period of four years. In addition, he is a member of the technical committee of the Strategy and Neurodegenerative Diseases of the National Health System and has been a member of the Board of Alzheimer Europe (2014-2020).
In his own words, this new presidency is an “enormous responsibility”, representing CEAFA and leading an organisation that brings together 21 Latin American countries, and brings a “great challenge” consolidating the AIB project and generating a framework of knowledge and exchange of experiences that result in the improvement of the care of affected people and their quality of life.
