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Your monthly UN Decade of Healthy Ageing update

Welcome to your monthly UN Decade of Healthy Ageing update for January!

In this newsletter, find out more about:
  • An opportunity to mobilize civil society action for the Decade
  • A new Decade advocacy brief on climate change
  • Monitoring, measurement, and evaluation of the Decade
  • The WHO Baseline Report for the Decade - summary now available in all UN languages
  • A new report on social isolation and loneliness among older people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • Upcoming events and activities

Get involved! Mobilizing civil society action for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing

Do you work for a civil society organization (CSO)? Are you interested in working together with other CSOs for joint action during the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing?

Get involved in the civil society mapping and engagement initiative: an opportunity run by CSOs towards uniting the diverse and powerful voices of civil society for the Decade.

Join the initiative and express your interest in a Decade of Healthy Ageing CSO Alliance by completing our questionnaire in English, French, or Spanish by 15 March 2022.
 

Join the initiative
Participez à l'initiative
Únase a la iniciativa

The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing in a Climate-changing World: new advocacy brief now available

There is no healthy ageing without a healthy planet. How can we both protect older people and recognise their contributions as change agents in the climate crisis?

Find out more about the interconnections between healthy ageing and climate change in this new advocacy brief in the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing Connection Series.
 
Download the new advocacy brief
Learn more about climate change and health

Tracking progress: measuring, monitoring & evaluating the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing

WHO, in collaboration with UNDESA, UNFPA, UN Women, ILO, ITU, and the OECD, has established a new Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for the measurement, monitoring, and evaluation of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing.

A multidisciplinary group of 20 experts will provide evidence-based recommendations to WHO and collaborating UN agencies to help track the Decade's progress and impact.
Learn more about the Technical Advisory Group

The WHO Baseline Report for the Decade of Healthy Ageing: summary now available in all UN languages

The summary for the WHO Baseline Report for the Decade of Healthy Ageing is now available in all UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, and Russian.

The WHO Baseline Report for the Decade gathers available data for measuring healthy ageing towards outlining possible pathways to impact. The report finds that least 14% of people aged 60 years and over worldwide are currently unable to meet all of their basic daily needs.
 
Access the report's summary in all UN languages

Learn more about loneliness and social isolation among older people in a new report from UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia

UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia, together with University College London, have published a new report on loneliness and social isolation among older people in the region.

The report joins the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing advocacy brief on social isolation and loneliness among older people published by WHO, UNDESA, ITU, and UN Women in bringing greater attention to the importance of social connections for older people's wellbeing, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Download the report
Find out more about social isolation and loneliness among older people

Upcoming events and activities

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