The OECD Forum’s virtual event Women at The Frontline of the Recovery will presciently focus attention among policymakers and the public stakeholders alike on the unique relationship between the age demographic mega-trend and the essential policies needed for OECD economies to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.

How can advancements in science and medicine make it possible for individuals to enjoy greater health and activity in their later years? For health leaders and organizations such as the Global Coalition on Aging, ensuring individuals can truly shine in their "Golden Years" is a matter of revisiting education and communication strategies, advancing digital health technologies and expanding access to healthcare innovation.

Addressing age-related visual impairments, like presbyopia, is an increasingly important and achievable policy priority as the oldest Millennials reach middle age. New York, NEW YORK (March 15, 2022)—The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) today published an infographic, Vision Health and the Future of Work: An Underrecognized Priority for Governments and Employers in the 21stCentury, highlighting…

As many as half of 5-year-olds in the United States can now expect to live to 100, a population that is projected to swell in the decades ahead. Longer lifespans don’t guarantee a financially secure later life, however. If anything, in the absence of significant planning, extreme longevity may make financial security harder to attain.

The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) today released a startling new paper, Wonder Drugs vs. Superbugs: The 21st Century Battle to Save 10 Million Lives a Year, which clearly lays out the global threat posed by rising drug resistance, widely known as antimicrobial resistance or AMR, and accompanying lack of effective new drugs.