2021 Spring GAPNA Newsletter Volume 40 Number 1

World Health Organization: Decade of Healthy Aging Baseline Report

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report, “Decade of Healthy Aging: Baseline Report,” which brings together data available across the world for measuring healthy aging.

The Baseline Report for the Decade of Healthy Aging 2021-2030 addresses five issues:

  1. Introduces healthy aging, the decade’s actions and enablers, and a pathway to accelerate impact by 2030.
  2. Where are we in 2020? A first-time baseline for healthy aging worldwide.
  3. What improvements could we expect by 2030? Progress and scenarios for improvement.
  4. How can we accelerate impact on the lives of older people? How older people and stakeholders can together optimize functional ability.
  5. Next steps include opportunities to boost collaboration and impact by 2023, the next reporting period.