Healthy Ageing
Why It Matters:
Aging populations are growing worldwide, bringing new challenges to healthcare systems. Healthy aging is about more than longevity—it’s about maintaining physical, cognitive, and emotional well-being throughout life. Preventing age-related diseases and promoting independence ensures a higher quality of life and reduces healthcare costs.
Our Focus:
This Learning Zone covers:
- Preventive strategies to reduce the risk of chronic diseases.
- The impact of nutrition, physical activity, and mental health on aging.
- Advances in geriatric care and age-friendly healthcare systems.
- Policy and community approaches to support healthy aging.
Resource Kits
The Learning Zone includes curated Resource Kits—collections of expert materials focused on key topics within the theme. These kits provide practical tools, insights, and evidence to support your work in advancing health prevention across the life course.
Healthy ageing is essential to strengthening health systems, supporting economic growth, and improving quality of life for older adults. It goes beyond longevity—focusing on maintaining physical, mental, and social well-being throughout the later stages of life.
This Resource Kit provides a comprehensive overview of the key concepts, determinants, and strategies that shape healthy ageing. It explores the foundational elements of functional ability and intrinsic capacity, the influence of biological, behavioral, social, environmental, economic, and policy factors on ageing outcomes, the challenges faced by ageing populations, and how to address inequalities in healthcare access and support services, and the importance of collaborative, cross-sector approaches to building sustainable, age-inclusive health systems around the world.
