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The World Health Organization (WHO) approach to healthy ageing

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Rudnicka, Ewa, Napierała, Paulina, Podfigurna, Agnieszka, Męczekalski, Błażej, Smolarczyk, Roman, Grymowicz, Monika·2020·Maturitas

Abstract

The ageing of the global population is the most important medical and social demographic problem worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined healthy ageing as a process of maintaining functional ability to enable wellbeing in older age. The WHO, Member States and Partners for Sustainable Development Goals have created a Global Strategy and Action Plan for Ageing and Health for 2016-2020 and its continuation with the WHO programme The Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030. The WHO has established main priorities such as supporting country planning and action, collecting better global data and promoting research on healthy ageing, aligning health systems to the needs of older people, laying the foundations and ensuring the human resources necessary for long-term integrated care, undertaking a global campaign to combat ageism, and enhancing the global network for age-friendly cities and communities. There are several reports of coordinated preventive health and social health initiatives in well developed countries. However, there is little evidence on the application of the active ageing frameworks in developing countries. Greater national capacities and closer monitoring of the progress through age-disaggregated data is needed to effectively implement the intended programmes on healthy ageing.

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Rudnicka, E., Napierała, P., Podfigurna, A., Męczekalski, B., Smolarczyk, R., & Grymowicz, M.
Affiliations
  • Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
  • Poznan University of Medical Sciences (PL)
Corresponding author
Grymowicz, Monika
Venue
Maturitas
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-09
Volume
139
Pages
6-11
ISSN
0378-5122 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3032592468
Cited by
1,750
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 324 · 2025: 465 · 2024: 484 · 2023: 278 · 2022: 155 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 3
FWCI
124.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Maturitas (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
Keywords
healthy aging, World Health Organization, ageism, active ageing, older adults, developing countries, population aging
MeSH terms
Healthy Aging, Aged, Aging, Humans, Global Health, World Health Organization

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