Dementia is indeed a public health priority, and I am proud to have been invited to attend the first WHO Ministerial Conference in Geneva next week on 16 and 17 March 2015.
It is an honour to have been invited to present in a key note session on the morning of Day 2 on the issues important to people with dementia, representing Dementia Alliance International.
WHO will be hosting this first Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia, and Ministers from around the world, as well as experts from the research, clinical and NGO communities, have been invited to come together in Geneva for the first time to discuss the global problems posed by dementia.
I believe it will be the first time a person with dementia has been invited to such an event, breaking the usual ‘about us without us’ mould.
The conference is supported by the Department of Health of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Both days will be webcast. The final session of Day 1 is a panel discussion titled People’s Perspectives, that I hope to be involved in as well, and I will publish more details here as I know of them. Once the final agenda is up on the WHO website, I will add it here as well.
At the end of Day 1, I am also giving a short 3 minute presentation on Dementia Alliance International and why the effort to collaborate globally between different NGO’s is key to moving the dementia issue to the front burner. Wish me luck!
Congrats! It’s well deserved. Safe travels.
Thanks Kay x
You won’t need luck, good woman! It’s like breathing to you.
If you can weld together a global alliance of NGOs then that would be a HUGE step to safeguarding access to services in the face of increasing globalisation by corporations for speculative profit.
Fingers and toes crossed for the next week at least… xx
Thanks my friend… I will do my very best, for all of us! xox
Congratulations Kate 🙂
Thanks Susan x
Wow!!! Congratulations Kate, the world is finally listening to people living with dementia! I am very excited for you and send you a lot of positive thoughts… xoxo eloisa
Yes, it is almost a #woopdedoodle moment Eloisa… see you Italy and we will celebrate properly! {Perhaps I could talk to a group in your country, to get people with dementia to think about self advocacy? xox
Hi Kate, this is indeed a great idea… and I am very honored! Let me think about it and I’ll get back to you asap. Meanwhile, could you please send me the exact days when you’re planning to come to Italy in June? xoxo. eloisa p.s. Enjoy Geneva!!!
email sent with confirmed dates… xox
This is great. Marie
Yes, I’m rather delighted! 🙂
Wow Kate, that is amazing news. Congratulations.
Thanks Elizabeth… we think it is awesome too! x
Great news And good luck Kate
Thanks Lesley
Awesome!!!
Yep, we thought so too GF! xox
so proud, Go YOU GOOD THING !!!
Thanks GF xox
Best of luck Kate
Thanks
Congratulations Kate such an achievement, will be thinking of you and safe travels
Thanks Anne. 60 hours in transit, 60 hours on the ground in Geneva… so this may effect my everything including blogging afterwards!!!
Good luck indeed Kate! I’m sure you will be brilliant.
Thanks Pippa.
Congratulations Kate! What an honour. Great that this is happening.
We (members of Dementia Alliance international) are all very excited… what we have achieved in the last 14 months, in fact, is extraordinary.
Fabulous news, Kate, and congratulations.
Thanks Jim.