Dementia
Dementia is 'a global challenge and a public health priority' accordingly to Dr Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization in a speech she delivered to a recent G8 summit on the condition. Her sentiments are shared by many current political leaders including Barack Obama and David Cameron, the UK prime minister who hosted the summit in London last year. He described it as 'the biggest challenge we face today' (UK Department of Health 2012) In addition to organising international initiatives, many countries including Australia, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, France and.