Alzheimer's...another pandemic 'we know is coming'

There are currently an estimated 50 million families around the world affected by Alzheimer's disease at a cost of $1tn a year to the global economy. By 2050, that figure is expected to rise to $15tn a year. Speaking to BizNews at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2022, founding Chairman of the Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative (DAC), George Vradenburg said, unlike the Covid-19 pandemic, "this is a pandemic we know is coming, to a certainty, because of the ageing populations of the world". Vradenburg explained that public/private collaboration is essential if the world is to meaningfully fight the disease. "No one company can solve this. No one government can solve this. No one academic researcher can solve this. So it's going to be a team sport to beat this sucker." The DAC announced that it has partnered with Kenya's Aga Khan University to launch a two-part research programme that will bring inclusivity and diversity to Alzheimer’s research that has focused almost exclusively on white Western Europeans in the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices