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  2. Part III. Towards A Decade Of Healthy Aging In The Americas

Part III. Towards A Decade Of Healthy Aging In The Americas

HOMEPART I PART IIPART IIIPART IV

The Decade of Healthy Aging in the Americas: Situation and Challenges

Part III. Towards a Decade of Healthy Aging in the Americas

The following documents provide an overview of the status of the Decade in the region, particularly about its areas of action and facilitators, different perspectives, projections, challenges, and proposals for the coming years.

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  • The Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons  as a tool to promote the Decade of Healthy Aging  
  • The Influence of Environments on Healthy Aging. World Health Organization Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities 
  • Fostering Health Systems' Monitoring to Better Serve Older Populations
  • Health Service Access Barriers for Older People in the Region of the Americas
  • Long-term Care in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Taking the pulse of the health system’s response of the needs of older persons. Situational analysis: Mexico
  • Taking the pulse of the health system’s response to the needs of older persons. Situational analysis Brazil
  • Taking the pulse of the health system’s response of the needs of older persons. Situational analysis Chile
  • Age-friendly Environments: Baseline Assessment in Latin America with reference to Costa Rica
Related Links
  • UN-Decade of Healthy Ageing
  • WHO-Decade's Platform
  • Decade of healthy ageing: baseline report
  • Global network of Age friendly cities and communities  
  • PAHO-Age-friendly Cities and Communities in the Americas
  • Global Campaign to combat ageism  
  • WHO-Global report on ageism 
  • Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons
  • IDB Webpage of the “Panorama of Aging and Long-term Care”
  • IDB Report “Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean: social protection and quality of life of older persons”
  • Toolkit on Digital Transformation for People-Oriented Cities and Communities

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