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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10299
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/health

Improving care for Alzheimer's

Brussels, 20/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - Adopting in Strasbourg on Wednesday 19 January 2011 the Matias Report on Alzheimer's disease, the European Parliament called by a thumping majority (646 to 6 with 6 abstentions) on the Council of Ministers to announce that dementia is a health priority for the European Union. The MEPs urge Member States to draw up special national programmes to deal with the social and healthcare consequences of dementia and provide aid for sufferers and their families,...

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