U.N. recognizes dementia as global health priority

On Sept. 25, 2025, world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly in New York adopted a political declaration that for the first time explicitly names dementia as a priority within global noncommunicable‑disease and mental‑health commitments. The U.N. move — hailed by Alzheimer's Disease International and accompanied by a WHO statement — commits to scaling up services and attention for the roughly 57 million people living with dementia worldwide and aims to drive policy, funding and care improvements, especially in lower‑income countries.