In the last few decades the world is commemorating the awareness of Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases in June providing a great opportunity to draw attention to the need of common actions to improve people’s life living with neurological diseases!  

JADEHealth Joint Action, funded by the European Commission in the framework of the EU4Health Programme, aims to reduce the burden of dementia and other neurological disorders and is committed to improve the quality of treatment for people living with these diseases. Our project wishes to enhance early prevention of mental health and neurogenerative diseases as well as to enforce equal acceess to quality care that should be a priority not just at individual, but societal level too. 

JADEHealth Joint Action includes

» 47 entities  

» 17 countries  

» 44 planned pilot actions 

We apply and adopt a comprehensive and holistic approach to healthcare, focusing on multiple dimensions of well-being, from destigmatisation, enhancing preventive measures and early detection strategies to treatment options and the development of effective public policies.  

During the 36 months duration of the project we will work on integrating validated best practices and cost-effective interventions across countries and regions through transnational pilot initiatives, complementing and reinforcing existing policies and programmes.

Our Pilot Actions will target  

» Health literacy and data availability.  

» Early detection and risk assessment.  

» Stigma reduction and public awareness.  

» Predictive modelling and surveillance.  

» New care models and pathways.  

» Destigmatisation and awareness raising. 

World Health Organization (WHO) – a member of our stakeholder network published its Global Status Report  as a public health response to dementia in 2021, which describes progress on multisectoral efforts to address dementia worldwide and urges countries to take actions worldwide and elaborate national policies and strategy plans for supporting people with dementia and their families.  

According to the report, more than 55 million people worldwide currently live with dementia-a number that is expected to more than double by 2050. WHO’s global analysis underscores the need to especially support caregivers of individuals with dementia, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In 2019, the global cost of dementia was $1.3 billion, with informal care accounting for about half the global cost while social care costs making up over a third.  

Caregivers spent on average 5 hours a day supporting the person living with dementia, and caregiving falls along highly gendered lines as 70% of caregivers are women. While public awareness about dementia has increased over the last decade, greater investment is needed in integrating dementia into the global health policy agenda.  

If you wish to learn more about JADE Health’s expanding stakeholder network and become a member, please visit: ⇒ JADE Health Stakeholders