Spain to address Alzheimer's with national strategy
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Spanish government is to draw up a national Alzheimer's disease strategy, health minister Trinidad Jiménez has announced. Spain has over 500,000 Alzheimer's patients – the disease currently affects 10% of the Spanish population aged over 65 years, and almost 50% of people in Spain aged over 85. Spain's national strategies receive targeted funding and are subject to national delivery policy guidelines, whereas other public health programmes are defined at regional authority level.