DAC is honored to be highlighted in this important opinion piece from Jason Karlawish, summarizing AAIC 2026 in London.

The Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative is honored to be cited in Institute of International Finance latest Global Markets and Policy Insight, which frames healthcare, and brain health specifically, as the anchor of a structural spending supercycle reshaping global markets.

“The Forum’s Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative continues to spearhead breakthroughs in the battle against the disease, which currently costs the global economy $1.3 trillion a year. One of its aims is to build a clinical trial network, connecting researchers worldwide to speed up innovation and reduce costs, which can be a barrier to progress.”

At The World Bank Group–International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, experts made a case global leaders can no longer afford to overlook: mental and brain health are not add-ons - they are key infrastructure.

DAC Founding Chairman George Vradenburg puts it plainly: "Treating mental health with the same urgency and investment as physical health is essential to protecting Rwanda’s brain capital - and its long‑term economic resilience."

DAC Founding Chairman George Vradenburg joins Lisa Mosconi of Wellcome Leap in TIME to make the case that women's brain health is foundational to societal wellbeing and economic growth.

DAVOS – In this snow-covered Alpine town where the world’s rich, powerful and elite met in January for the World Economic Forum, a quiet but consequential shift in thinking about dementia research crystallized – one with the potential to shape political engagements and research investments for the coming decade. 

Long treated as a disease primarily studied, diagnosed and managed with treatments developed in wealthy countries, Alzheimer’s and related disorders are now a global equity challenge— one where the best new solutions may, paradoxically, emerge from the low- and middle-income regions also facing the biggest future burden. 

The simple but powerful approach is central to a strategy being rolled out by the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative in 2026 – which aims to make diversity an underpinning of dementia research. 

The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC), a worldwide initiative accelerating innovation in Alzheimer’s disease research and care, will present new findings and implementation outcomes at the 2026 International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease and Related Neurological Disorders (AD/PD) in Copenhagen, Denmark.

George Vradenburg, Founding Chairman, Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative (DAC) joins Western Cape Minister for Health and Wellness Mireille Wenger to expand on the Brain Health Action Plan launch and what it means for the African continent.

Brain health disorders including Alzheimer’s, dementia, depression, and stroke-related cognitive decline currently cost the global economy $5 trillion a year. By 2030, that figure is projected to reach $16 trillion. And yet, until recently, this crisis barely registered in the rooms where economic policy gets made.

The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC) and the FINGERS Brain Health Institute (FBHI) today announced the expansion of their global collaboration, marking a pivotal step forward in the pursuit of precision prevention for Alzheimer’s disease.

The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative featured in The Lancet: The 2025 G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, provided an excellent opportunity for the Brain House and stakeholders to make a global call to action, as more governments and stakeholders invest in brain health, encompassing mental health, as a driver of the brain economy

Tthe Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative (DAC), a worldwide initiative accelerating innovation in Alzheimer’s disease research and care, announced the launch of the U.S. Early Detection Expansion Program, building upon the success of the initial U.S. Early Detection Program. 

The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC), a pioneering global initiative seeking to advance brain health and end Alzheimer’s, today announced that Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), will speak at the DAC Brain House during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026.

Announcement was made at a global south dinner alongside the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

Johannesburg, South Africa | December 5, 2025

The Africa Task Force on Brain Health—a multi-level, multisectoral coalition uniting experts from Africa’s five geopolitical regions to accelerate brain health innovation across the continent—convened African and global leaders from government, the private sector, civil society, and science on the sidelines of the G20 Ministers of Health Meeting during South Africa’s Presidency. This landmark gathering established brain health—encompassing dementia, mental health, brain trauma, and substance abuse—as a fundamental investment in Africa's economic transformation and essential to achieving the continent's Agenda 2063 vision of prosperity. 

Last week, DAC Founding Chairman George Vradenburg and Africa Task Force Chair Mie Rizig had the privilege of meeting global health leaders in the UAE to learn from the Emirati Genome Program—an initiative with the potential to shape a new global approach to Alzheimer’s disease.

The brain economy is an emerging economic belief system that asserts that brain health, both individually and collectively, is a significant driver of economic growth. According to the World Economic Forum, Brain disorders are estimated to cost the global economy $5 trillion every year. This episode of Focus On explores brain health as a driver towards global prosperity.

JOHANNESBURG – NOVEMBER 4, 2025 –The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative(DAC), a global initiative to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and promote brain health, today launched Africa’s first-ever Brain Health Plan for Africa: a five-year continent-wide roadmap to invest in African brain capital, building a stronger, healthier workforce through brain health.