Oct 1, 2025 · Key facts on ageing and health: explanation of ageing, common health conditions associated with ageing, Factors influencing Healthy Ageing, Challenges in responding to …

Jan 27, 2021 · Ageing presents both challenges and opportunities. It will increase demand for primary health care and long-term care, require a larger and better trained workforce, intensify …

Feb 21, 2025 · Addressing ageism requires a fundamental shift in societal attitudes, feelings and behaviours towards ageing and older persons. Age-friendly environments empower older …

We organize our work according to the 5 strategic priority areas identified in the Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health 2016-2020.

Oct 26, 2020 · Healthy ageing is the focus of WHO’s work on ageing between 2015 – 2030. Healthy ageing replaces the World Health Organization’s previous focus on active ageing, a …

Feb 28, 2018 · The world’s population is rapidly ageing The number of people aged 60 years or older will rise from 900 million to 2 billion between 2015 and 2050 (moving from 12% to 22% of …

The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) is an opportunity to bring together governments, civil society, international agencies, professionals, academia, the media, and the private sector …

Ageism affects how we think, feel and act towards others and ourselves based on age. It imposes powerful barriers to the development of good policies and programmes for older and younger …

Jun 6, 2022 · Healthy ageing is defined as developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables well-being in later years. Functional ability is influenced by the intrinsic capacity of an …

May 20, 2022 · The rapidly population ageing population in the Western Pacific Region has widespread implications for health, wellbeing, and the general organization of societies. It …