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Yet, the environments in which we live can favour health or be harmful to it. Environments are highly influential on our behaviour and our exposure to health risks (for example, air pollution or violence), our access to services (for example, health and social care) and the opportunities that ageing brings.  </p><p>The number and proportion of people aged 60 years and older in the population is increasing. In 2019, the number of people aged 60 years and older was 1 billion. This number will increase to 1.4 billion by 2030 and 2.1 billion by 2050. This increase is occurring at an unprecedented pace and will accelerate in coming decades, particularly in developing countries. </p><p>This historically significant change in the global population requires adaptations to the way societies are structured across all sectors. For example, health and social care, transportation, housing and urban planning. Working to make the world more age-friendly is an essential and urgent part of our changing demographics.</p><div class="arrowed-link"><a href="/teams/social-determinants-of-health/demographic-change-and-healthy-ageing/covid-19">Older people and COVID-19</a></div><p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf_cols singleTabWrapper"> <div class="sf_colsOut tabHeaderWrapper" data-sf-element="Tab header" data-placeholder-label="Tab header"> <div class="sf_colsIn tabHeaderText"> <div class="sf-content-block content-block"> Impact </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf_colsOut tabContent" data-sf-element="Tab contents" data-placeholder-label="Tab contents"> <div class="sf_colsIn"> <div></div><p>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 the need for physical and social environments to be made more age-friendly, and call for everyone in every sector to combat ageism. Yet, these investments can enable the many contributions of older people – whether it be within their family, to their local community (e.g., as volunteers or within the formal or informal workforce) or to society more broadly. </p><p>Societies that adapt to this changing demographic and invest in healthy ageing can enable individuals to live both longer and healthier lives and for societies to reap the dividends. </p><p></p><div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf_cols singleTabWrapper"> <div class="sf_colsOut tabHeaderWrapper" data-sf-element="Tab header" data-placeholder-label="Tab header"> <div class="sf_colsIn tabHeaderText"> <div class="sf-content-block content-block"> WHO Response </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf_colsOut tabContent" data-sf-element="Tab contents" data-placeholder-label="Tab contents"> <div class="sf_colsIn"> <div></div><p>WHO works with Member States, UN agencies and diverse stakeholders from various sectors to foster healthy ageing in every country. Healthy ageing is defined as developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables well-being in older age. Functional ability is determined by the intrinsic capacity of an individual (i.e., an individual’s physical and mental capacities), the environment in which he or she lives (understood in the broadest sense and including physical, social and policy environments) and the interactions among them. </p><p>WHO does this work in line with the <em>Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health</em> <em>2016–2020</em> and the related UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030) in the following four action areas:</p><ul type="disc"><li data-list="0" data-level="1">change how we think, feel and act towards age and ageing;</li><li data-list="0" data-level="1">ensure that communities foster the abilities of older people;</li><li data-list="0" data-level="1">deliver person-centred integrated care and primary health services responsive to older people; and</li><li data-list="0" data-level="1">provide access to long-term care for older people who need it.</li></ul><p><br /></p><div> </div> </div> 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<div class="sf-tags-list-item">Departmental update</div> </div> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">WHO and Italian National Institute of Health sign memorandum of understanding to improve care for healthy ageing</p> </div> </a> </div> </div><div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C115_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-12" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> <div class="section-heading"> <p>Our work</p> <a href="https://www.who.int/activities?healthtopics=9849b01d-e471-41d7-8376-cc1fc3a40ad1&publishingoffices=">All →</a> </div> <div class="list-view horizontal-list matching-height"> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/activities/achieving-uhc-for-older-people" class="link-container" aria-label="Achieving UHC for older people" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/mca/ageing/morbidity.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=30256b20_2" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/mca/ageing/morbidity.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=30256b20_2')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Achieving UHC for older people</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/activities/building-leadership-and-capacity-for-the-un-decade-of-healthy-ageing-(2021-2030)" class="link-container" aria-label="Building leadership and capacity for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030)" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="/images/default-source/departments/ageing/03---leadership-capacity-building---banner.tmb-768v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=c00487f0_3" style="background-image: url('/images/default-source/departments/ageing/03---leadership-capacity-building---banner.tmb-549v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=c00487f0_3')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Building leadership and capacity for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030)</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/activities/changing-how-we-think-feel-and-act-towards-age-and-ageing" class="link-container" aria-label="Changing how we think, feel, and act towards age and ageing" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="/images/default-source/departments/ageing/ageism-hero-web.tmb-768v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=c685416_2" style="background-image: url('/images/default-source/departments/ageing/ageism-hero-web.tmb-549v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=c685416_2')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Changing how we think, feel, and act towards age and ageing</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item horizontal-list-item matching-height--item"> <a href="https://www.who.int/activities/connecting-diverse-stakeholders-for-the-un-decade-of-healthy-ageing-(2021-2030)" class="link-container" aria-label="Connecting diverse stakeholders for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030)" role="link"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="/images/default-source/departments/ageing/02---connecting-stakeholders---banner.tmb-768v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=19206162_3" style="background-image: url('/images/default-source/departments/ageing/02---connecting-stakeholders---banner.tmb-549v.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=19206162_3')"></div> </div> <div class="info"> <div class="date"> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Connecting diverse stakeholders for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030)</p> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C118_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-6" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>Events</h2> <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/events/overview?healthtopics=9849b01d-e471-41d7-8376-cc1fc3a40ad1">All →</a> </div> <div class="list-view vertical-list sf-events-wrapper sf-events-list"> <div class="list-view--item vertical-list-item"> <a href="/news-room/events/detail/2024/09/21/default-calendar/life-course-approach-and-intergenerational-health-virtual-side-event-unga-summit-21-sept-2024" class="link-container table event-table" aria-label="Life course approach and intergenerational health virtual side event UNGA Summit 21 Sept 2024" role="link"> <div class="table-cell info"> <span class="timestamp"> <i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> 21 September 2024 16:00 – 17:30 CET </span> <p class="heading text-underline">Life course approach and intergenerational health virtual side event UNGA Summit 21 Sept 2024</p> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="PageContent_C118_Col01" class="sf_colsIn col-md-6" data-sf-element="Column 2" data-placeholder-label="Column 2"> <div class="section-heading"> <p>Fact sheets</p> </div> <div class="list-view vertical-list vertical-list--image"> <div class="list-view--item vertical-list-item"> <a href="/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/dementia" class="link-container table" aria-label="Dementia" role="link"> <div class="table-cell"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/imported/dementia-ageing-exercise.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=b6d51dc0_14" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/imported/dementia-ageing-exercise.tmb-131v.jpg?sfvrsn=b6d51dc0_14')"></div> </div> </div> <div class="table-cell info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">27 January 2021</span> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Dementia</p> </div> </a> </div> <div class="list-view--item vertical-list-item"> <a href="/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/ageing" class="link-container table" aria-label="Ageing" role="link"> <div class="table-cell"> <div class="thumb"> <div class="background-image background-image--small" data-image="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/imported/04-carolyn-canham-helpage-jpg861f8753792b43bca802e152a22e29e3.tmb-768v.jpg?sfvrsn=33279a1f_25" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/imported/04-carolyn-canham-helpage-jpg861f8753792b43bca802e152a22e29e3.tmb-131v.jpg?sfvrsn=33279a1f_25')"></div> </div> </div> <div class="table-cell info"> <div class="date"> <span class="timestamp">28 February 2018</span> </div> <p class="heading text-underline">Ageing</p> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C112_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-12" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> <div class="section-heading"> <p>Latest publications</p> <a href="https://www.who.int/publications/i?healthtopics=9849b01d-e471-41d7-8376-cc1fc3a40ad1&healthtopics-hidden=true">All →</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications"> <div class="sf-publications-list sf-publications-list__highlighted row"> <div class="sf-publications-wide sf-publications-item__highlighted col-md-6"> <div class="sf-publications-wide__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-wide__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/379585/9789240073531-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="Beyond the decade of healthy ageing: extending benefits across the life course. Report of the meeting held virtually, 9-10 June 2022" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-wide__body"> <div class="sf-publications-wide__header"> <div class="sf-publications-wide__date"> <span>20 November 2024</span> </div> <a href="/publications/i/item/9789240073531"> <h3 class="sf-publications-wide__title">Beyond the decade of healthy ageing: extending benefits across the life course. Report... </h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-wide__description"> World Health Organization (WHO)’s new area of work on the life course was launched with this kick-off meeting on 9–10 June 2022. The meeting was held virtually... </div> <div class="sf-publications-wide__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-wide__file"> <div class="button button-blue-background " ><a href=https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/379585/9789240073531-eng.pdf?sequence=1 aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a></div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-wide__url"> <div class="button button-brand-border"><a href="/publications/i/item/9789240073531" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="publication-wrapper col-md-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="sf-publications-item col-md-6"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/379010/9789240099937-eng.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="Maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health and ageing and quality of care indicator metadata toolkit" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>24 September 2024</span> </div> <a href="/publications/i/item/9789240099937"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health and ageing and quality of care indicator metadata toolkit</h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>The purpose of the Maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health, and ageing and quality of care indicator metadata toolkit: Indicator validation guide is... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/379010/9789240099937-eng.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/publications/i/item/9789240099937" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item col-md-6"> <div class="sf-publications-item__container"> <figure class="sf-publications-item__figure"> <img src="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/379028/SEA-Ageing-4.pdf.jpg?sequence=4" alt="Report of the Regional Meeting on Healthy Ageing in the South-East Asia Region, 11–13 June 2024, New Delhi" /> </figure> <div class="sf-publications-item__body"> <div class="sf-publications-item__header"> <div class="sf-publications-item__date"> <span>22 September 2024</span> </div> <a href="/publications/i/item/SEA-Ageing-4"> <h3 class="sf-publications-item__title">Report of the Regional Meeting on Healthy Ageing in the South-East Asia Region, 11–13 June 2024, New... </h3> </a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__description"> <p>The ‘Regional Meeting on Healthy Ageing in the South-East Asia Region" took place in New Delhi, India, from 11 to 13 June 2024. The meeting provided... </p> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__actions"> <div class="sf-publications-item__file"> <a class="download-url " href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/379028/SEA-Ageing-4.pdf?sequence=1" aria-label="Download" target="_blank">Download</a> </div> <div class="sf-publications-item__url"> <a href="/publications/i/item/SEA-Ageing-4" class="page-url" aria-label="Read More">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row" data-sf-element="Row"> <div id="PageContent_C027_Col00" class="sf_colsIn col-md-12" data-sf-element="Column 1" data-placeholder-label="Column 1"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>Infographics</h2> <a href="https://www.who.int/multi-media?healthtopics=9849b01d-e471-41d7-8376-cc1fc3a40ad1&multimediatypes=548d32f4-8564-4d11-b083-a61e222cee1f,111b187c-907f-4a2d-95ca-bbcca5b99913,bc7e387f-70b2-4344-94f3-4568c58764ef,0e665442-80a1-4d91-9538-cb809444672b,82575ca5-d6dd-4e85-9b61-eb5415cca195">All →</a> </div> <script type='text/javascript' src='/ResourcePackages/WHO/assets/dist/scripts/multimedia-modal.min.js?v=14.0.7729.18497'></script> <script async defer src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2"></script> <div class="sf-multimedia"> <div class="sf-multimedia-list sf-multimedia-list__small row"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item sf-multimedia-item__infographic col-md-3 col-xs-6"> <a class="sf-multimedia-item__container" href="/multi-media/details/there-s-an-intergenerational-activity-for-everyone" target="_blank"> <figure class="sf-multimedia-item__figure" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/campaigns---global-campaign-to-combat-ageism/global-campaign-to-combat-ageism/there-s-an-intergenerational-activity-for-everyone.tmb-549v.png?sfvrsn=e1f59a07_1');" role="img" aria-label="Social media tile / infographic from the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism showing examples of different types of activities you can do to do intergenerational practice, ranging from sharing music to challenging stereotypes. The limit is your imagination!" title="Social media tile / infographic from the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism showing examples of different types of activities you can do to do intergenerational practice, ranging from sharing music to challenging stereotypes. The limit is your imagination!"> <img src="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/campaigns---global-campaign-to-combat-ageism/global-campaign-to-combat-ageism/there-s-an-intergenerational-activity-for-everyone.tmb-549v.png?sfvrsn=e1f59a07_1" alt="Social media tile / infographic from the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism showing examples of different types of activities you can do to do intergenerational practice, ranging from sharing music to challenging stereotypes. The limit is your imagination!" style="display: none;" /> </figure> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__body"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__body-wrapper"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__label">Infographic</div> <h3 class="sf-multimedia-item__heading">There's an intergenerational activity for everyone</h3> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="sf-multimedia-item sf-multimedia-item__infographic col-md-3 col-xs-6"> <a class="sf-multimedia-item__container" href="/multi-media/details/what-are-the-benefits-of-intergenerational-practice" target="_blank"> <figure class="sf-multimedia-item__figure" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/campaigns---global-campaign-to-combat-ageism/global-campaign-to-combat-ageism/what-are-the-benefits-of-intergenerational-practice.tmb-549v.png?sfvrsn=1fc84e4_1');" role="img" aria-label="Social media tile and infographic from the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism, highlighting the benefits of intergenerational practice: decreased ageism, better physical health, better mental health, stronger social connections, developing new skills ..." title="Social media tile and infographic from the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism, highlighting the benefits of intergenerational practice: decreased ageism, better physical health, better mental health, stronger social connections, developing new skills ..."> <img src="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/campaigns---global-campaign-to-combat-ageism/global-campaign-to-combat-ageism/what-are-the-benefits-of-intergenerational-practice.tmb-549v.png?sfvrsn=1fc84e4_1" alt="Social media tile and infographic from the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism, highlighting the benefits of intergenerational practice: decreased ageism, better physical health, better mental health, stronger social connections, developing new skills ..." style="display: none;" /> </figure> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__body"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__body-wrapper"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__label">Infographic</div> <h3 class="sf-multimedia-item__heading">What are the benefits of intergenerational practice?</h3> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="sf-multimedia-item sf-multimedia-item__infographic col-md-3 col-xs-6"> <a class="sf-multimedia-item__container" href="/multi-media/details/social-isolation-and-loneliness-are-widespread--painful--and-harmful-for-our-health" target="_blank"> <figure class="sf-multimedia-item__figure" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/groups/who-commission-on-social-connection/social-isolation-are-widespread--painful--and-harmful-for-our-health.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=3609a021_1');" role="img" aria-label="An unidentifiable person, wearing a hoodie with the hood covering their head and face, leaning against a fence looking away from the camera. Caption: 'Social isolation and loneliness are widespread, painful, and harmful for our health'." title="An unidentifiable person, wearing a hoodie with the hood covering their head and face, leaning against a fence looking away from the camera. Caption: 'Social isolation and loneliness are widespread, painful, and harmful for our health'."> <img src="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/groups/who-commission-on-social-connection/social-isolation-are-widespread--painful--and-harmful-for-our-health.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=3609a021_1" alt="An unidentifiable person, wearing a hoodie with the hood covering their head and face, leaning against a fence looking away from the camera. Caption: 'Social isolation and loneliness are widespread, painful, and harmful for our health'." style="display: none;" /> </figure> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__body"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__body-wrapper"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__label">Infographic</div> <h3 class="sf-multimedia-item__heading">Social isolation and loneliness are widespread, painful, and harmful for our health</h3> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="sf-multimedia-item sf-multimedia-item__infographic col-md-3 col-xs-6"> <a class="sf-multimedia-item__container" href="/multi-media/details/social-isolation-and-loneliness-have-serious-health-consequences" target="_blank"> <figure class="sf-multimedia-item__figure" style="background-image: url('https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/groups/who-commission-on-social-connection/social-isolation-and-loneliness-have-serious-health-consequences.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=5d113a8a_1');" role="img" aria-label="A close up on a group of people playing Jenga. The tower of bricks are about to topple. Caption: 'Social isolation and loneliness have serious health consequences. Their health risks are comparable to smoking daily, excessive drinking, and obesity.'" title="A close up on a group of people playing Jenga. The tower of bricks are about to topple. Caption: 'Social isolation and loneliness have serious health consequences. Their health risks are comparable to smoking daily, excessive drinking, and obesity.'"> <img src="https://cdn.who.int/media/images/default-source/groups/who-commission-on-social-connection/social-isolation-and-loneliness-have-serious-health-consequences.tmb-549v.jpg?sfvrsn=5d113a8a_1" alt="A close up on a group of people playing Jenga. The tower of bricks are about to topple. Caption: 'Social isolation and loneliness have serious health consequences. Their health risks are comparable to smoking daily, excessive drinking, and obesity.'" style="display: none;" /> </figure> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__body"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__body-wrapper"> <div class="sf-multimedia-item__label">Infographic</div> <h3 class="sf-multimedia-item__heading">Social isolation and loneliness have serious health consequences</h3> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>Videos</h2> <a href="https://www.who.int/multi-media?healthtopics=9849b01d-e471-41d7-8376-cc1fc3a40ad1&multimediatypes=b87b3982-d264-4f02-9fe5-43754f9a3b26,34888e2d-e685-4262-b1e0-b0d4b941a6df,ff848338-e918-4d45-8702-12422eb672d6">All →</a> </div> <script type='text/javascript' src='/ResourcePackages/WHO/assets/dist/scripts/multimedia-modal.min.js?v=14.0.7729.18497'></script> <script async defer src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2"></script> <div class="sf-multimedia"> <div class="sf-multimedia-list 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