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Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.320
Subject(s) - dementia , political science , government (linguistics) , public administration , medicine , business , disease , pathology , linguistics , philosophy
Major international initiative tackles dementia The G8 countries have agreed measures that will increase funding for research into treatments for dementia with the goal of identifying a cure or disease‐modifying therapy by 2025. At a meeting in London hosted by the UK Government, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the UK and the USA pledged to appoint a ‘global dementia innovation envoy’ who can utilise ‘international expertise to stimulate innovation and co‐ordinate international efforts to attract new sources of finance’. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons