Abstract
Dementia is global challenge and a public health priority according to Dr Margaret Chan, director general of World Health Organization in a speech she delivered to a recent G8 summit on condition. Her sentiments are shared by many current political leaders including Barack Obama and David Cameron, UK prime minister who hosted 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 UK have also recently published national dementia plans setting out their own strategies to tackle this challenge (Alzheimer's Disease International). The plan outlined by Obama administration is possibly most ambitious and has called for an effective treatment by 2025 (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2011).
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