Leading Alzheimer's and older people's organisations call for political commitment against Alzheimer's disease

• Twelve leading organisations in the field of Alzheimer's and the elderly join forces to make this disease a priority and to make every effort to find a definitive solution. 

• #CommitmentAlzheimer's calls for Alzheimer's disease and dementias to be a political priority, for specific funding to be earmarked for research and for the implementation of the Comprehensive Alzheimer's Plan. 

• In addition, the organisations are committed to raising awareness of the impact of Alzheimer's and raising the social status of sufferers and their carers. 

• Alzheimer's disease and dementias already affect more than one million people in Spain. 

Barcelona, 11 May 2022 - Leading organisations in Spain working in the field of Alzheimer's and older people have joined together in the manifesto "Commitment to a future without Alzheimer's" to make the fight against this disease a priority in public policies and to make the necessary efforts to have the tools to prevent and cure this pathology. "Recent experience has shown us that scientific knowledge is essential to find solutions, but dementias have been and still are neglected diseases in the budgets allocated to the promotion of research," the document states. 

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