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"Every year, 1.4 million citizens living in Europe develop some type of dementia, meaning that a new case is diagnosed every 24 seconds. In Portugal, it is estimated that there are 153 000 people suffering from dementia, with 90 000 suffering from Alzheimer’s. Given the ageing of the EU’s population, specialists forecast that these figures will double by 2040.
Given the ageing of the population and the decreasing ratio of working to retired people, it is expected that dementia will be one of the main challenges to the sustainability of national social and healthcare systems. It is therefore crucial for governments to develop specific national strategies and plans for Alzheimer’s disease in order to deal with the social and health consequences of dementia, not just by guaranteeing the provision of services, but also by supporting people with dementia and their families.
I welcome the proposal to launch a European Year of Mental Health, in order to raise awareness of brain-related diseases associated with ageing, and of ways to detect and identify early symptoms of such diseases, with public information campaigns on their prevention and treatment."@en1
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