Webinar: Launch of the Age-Friendly Environments course

31 October 2024

10 a.m. (EST)

The webinar will have simultaneous translation in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.

PAHO invites you to the virtual launch of the course on Age-Friendly Environments, which offers the necessary tools to strengthen national, provincial and/or local programs that seek to transform the communities in which older persons live and develop.

In recent years, the global age-friendly community has grown and strengthened, as more cities and communities commit to being better places to age. This growth can be seen reflected in the WHO Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. With more than 1,600 cities and communities worldwide, the Network reaches over 330 million people worldwide. In the Region of the Americas, this growth has occurred exponentially in recent years, reaching today to represent more than half of all its members in 15 countries.

With financial support from the Government of Canada, PAHO and the WHO developed this training initiative, which will be available on the PAHO/WHO Virtual Public Health Campus in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The course also provides strategies to encourage participation in the WHO Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. To respond to the challenges related to population aging, the United Nations Decade of Healthy Aging (2021-2030) proposes to foster communities that support the capabilities of older persons and promote healthy aging.

Agenda

Activity and panelists

Opening remarks

Dr. Enrique Vega, Unit Chief, Healthy Life Course, PAHO/WHO

Thiago Hérick de Sá, Technical Officer, Age-friendly Environments WHO-HQ

The PAHO age-friendly environments training program

Dr. Patricia Morsch, Healthy Aging Regional Advisor, PAHO/WHO

Training strategies to support initiatives that promote the creation of environments for healthy aging: the new virtual course to boost WHO programs

Training programs within the framework of the Spanish Network, IMSERSO

Healthy municipalities in the Region of the Americas

AFE-ECHO training program

Municipality of Brasil. How can the course help promote the strategy towards other cities?

Cooperation work between different programs in Mexico, Jalisco

PAHO’s Virtual Campus for Public Health

Closing remarks

Dr. Patricia Morsch, Healthy Aging Regional Advisor, PAHO/WHO