(THE GIST OF PIB) Union Health Minister launched Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030) on International Day for Older Persons

[October-2020]

Union Health Minister launched Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030) on International Day for Older Persons

• Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare launched Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030) in India on International Day for Older Persons.

About:

• The Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030) is an opportunity to bring together governments, civil society etc. for ten years of concerted action to improve the lives of older people.
• Healthy Ageing is developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables well-being in older age.
• Following the 146th WHO Executive Board's recommendation made in February 2020, the 73rd World Health Assembly have endorsed the proposal for a Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030).
• By the end of the Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020–2030), the number of people aged 60 years and older will be 34% higher, increasing from 1 billion in 2019 to 1.4 billion. By 2050, the global population of older people will have more than doubled, to 2.1 billion.

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