TY - JOUR
T1 - The World report on ageing and health
T2 - a policy framework for healthy ageing
AU - Beard, John R.
AU - Officer, Alana
AU - De Carvalho, Islene Araujo
AU - Sadana, Ritu
AU - Pot, Anne Margriet
AU - Michel, Jean Pierre
AU - Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter
AU - Epping-Jordan, Joanne E.
AU - Peeters, G. M.E.E.
AU - Mahanani, Wahyu Retno
AU - Thiyagarajan, Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli
AU - Chatterji, Somnath
PY - 2016/5/21
Y1 - 2016/5/21
N2 - Although populations around the world are rapidly ageing, evidence that increasing longevity is being accompanied by an extended period of good health is scarce. A coherent and focused public health response that spans multiple sectors and stakeholders is urgently needed. To guide this global response, WHO has released the first World report on ageing and health, reviewing current knowledge and gaps and providing a public health framework for action. The report is built around a redefinition of healthy ageing that centres on the notion of functional ability: the combination of the intrinsic capacity of the individual, relevant environmental characteristics, and the interactions between the individual and these characteristics. This Health Policy highlights key findings and recommendations from the report.
AB - Although populations around the world are rapidly ageing, evidence that increasing longevity is being accompanied by an extended period of good health is scarce. A coherent and focused public health response that spans multiple sectors and stakeholders is urgently needed. To guide this global response, WHO has released the first World report on ageing and health, reviewing current knowledge and gaps and providing a public health framework for action. The report is built around a redefinition of healthy ageing that centres on the notion of functional ability: the combination of the intrinsic capacity of the individual, relevant environmental characteristics, and the interactions between the individual and these characteristics. This Health Policy highlights key findings and recommendations from the report.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84951795060&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00516-4
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00516-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 26520231
AN - SCOPUS:84951795060
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 387
SP - 2145
EP - 2154
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 10033
ER -
