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Prospects for designating Alzheimer's disease research a national priority
Author(s) -
Khachaturian Zaven S.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.10.001
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , napa , human services , advisory committee , action plan , action (physics) , public administration , political science , disease , medicine , management , geography , law , pathology , genetics , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , economics , biology
This editorial evaluates the prospects of the National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA) succeeding to shape public policies that would substantially increase national expenditures for research on Alzheimer's disease. The essay identifies, in the context of 30‐year history, some of the difficult challenges the NAPA Advisory Council must address and offers specific recommendations for an action plan by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).