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'Dementia has suffered a lack of funding'

Interview: Conor DillonDecember 11, 2013

British Prime Minister David Cameron has kickstarted a G8 "Dementia Summit" - a "global fightback" against the disease. More than 100 million people will suffer from dementia by 2050. DW talks to Dr. Simon Ridley, head of research at the UK's leading dementia research charity, Alzheimer's Research UK, and asks whether governments and the private sector are prepared to meet the challenge.

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Dr. Simon Ridley is talking to Conor Dillon