In his latest Huffington Post blog post, AFAR Board Member and CEO of the Global Coalition on Aging, Michael Hodin, PhD, commended on the World Health Organization’s recently passed strategy on Health and Ageing.
This May, the 69th World Health Assembly passed a comprehensive strategy focused around a worldwide goal of healthier and more active aging by enabling “functional ability” in our later decades. The strategy includes an execution plan for all 194 member countries to work toward a decade of healthy aging in 2020.
Highlights of the plan include:
• committing to action on Healthy Ageing in every country;
• developing age-friendly environments;
• aligning health systems to the needs of older populations;
• developing sustainable and equitable systems for providing long-term care (home, communities, institutions); and
• improving measurement, monitoring and research on Healthy Ageing
Read Dr. Hodin’s complete evaluation here.
AFAR applauds the WHO’s commitment to healthy aging. Through our grant programs, conferences, and leadership, AFAR works to promote healthspan, the time we are in optimal health as we age. Learn more about our mission and programs here: http://www.afar.org/impact.
