What is World Alzheimers Month?
World Alzheimer’s Month takes place every September and World Alzheimer’s Day is on 21 September each year.
Each September, people unite from all corners of the world to raise awareness and to challenge the stigma that persists around Alzheimer’s disease and all types of dementia.
There are over 10 million new cases of dementia each year worldwide, implying one new case every 3.2 seconds.
The global awareness raising campaign focusses on attitudes toward dementia and seeks to redress stigma and discrimination which still exists around the condition, while highlighting the positive steps being undertaken by organisations and governments globally to develop a more dementia friendly society.
