On 8 July 2021, Professor Philip Scheltens, director of the Alzheimer Center at Amsterdam UMC was appointed as new Chair of the World Dementia Council (WDC). This international council aims to raise awareness among governments around the world about dementia and want to improve the lives of people affected by dementia. Scheltens will remain affiliated with Amsterdam UMC as a professor and researcher.
In 2013, the G8 (currently G7) established the World Dementia Council. The council consists of twenty-four dementia experts and world leaders. They all come from academia, industry or NGOs in both high-income and low- and middle-income countries. The council’s multi-sectoral composition is its strength. It places the council in a formidable position to identify opportunities between sectors and organisations, in order to accelerate progress in addressing the challenges of dementia and influence collaboration in ways that will help catalyse the global response to the condition.
