ence on ‘Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease

The world is ageing rapidly, and accompanying this demographic tran-sition will be a signifi cant increase in the number of people with dementia, a condition that will affect the developing world more greatly than the developed world, in both absolute numbers and proportional increase. 1 The human and fi nancial costs of this condition have, not surprisingly, been of concern to older people, their families and policy mak-ers around the world as they grapple with what will eventually be a major cause of life years lost to disability. The search is on for safe, effective and hope-fully, affordable ways to prevent this common and devastating condition of older people. Against this background, it was timel