World Dementia Envoy to Visit Australia

World Dementia Envoy  Dr Dennis Gillings will visit Australia next week to discuss how we can  contribute to the international effort to find a cure for dementia by 2025.
Dr Gillings, was appointed by British Prime Minister David Cameron on behalf of the G7 earlier this year. He leads the World Dementia Council which set an ambition to identify a cure or disease-modifying therapy for dementia by 2025 and will visit Australia from December 1-3.
Minister for Health, Peter Dutton said the visit was very timely.
“Dementia is the most feared disease for Australian’s over the age of 50, and high quality, collaborative research is the only way we will make progress in our understanding and treatment of this disease,” he said.
“I look forward to my meeting with Dr Gillings next week to ensure our significant contribution complements work being done elsewhere around the world.”
While in Australia, Dr Gillings will meet other senior Federal Government Ministers, relevant Departments and Agencies and leaders and consumers from Alzheimer’s Australia.
He will give a public lecture entitled ‘International action towards a cure for dementia: Risk reduction, diagnosis and care’ on December 1 at NHMRC offices in Canberra and another at the Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne on December 3 entitled ‘Towards an Action Plan for a Cure for Dementia’.