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NEW: Mike Hodin, CEO of the Global Coalition on Aging, explains the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on aging and longevity.
Latest Developments
We keep our members and partners in touch with the most recent updates and opinions in the worldwide dialogue on population longevity and related issues.
Health Equity Promise and That Innovation Thing
President Biden has pledged his administration to defeat cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases that target America’s aging population. To achieve these lofty goals, bold words must be backed up by bold actions.
06 Jun 2022
Roundtable Report Highlights Importance of Immunizing Canada’s Caregivers Against Influenza, Identifying Challenges and Opportunities to Protect This Critical Group
The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) today released a report summarizing key insights from an expert roundtable on vaccinating Canada’s caregivers against influenza. The roundtable, held virtually, brought together leading Canadian health policy experts, family caregivers, patient advocacy groups, aging experts, and other thought leaders to discuss challenges and strategies to reach this critically important yet hard-to-reach group.
01 Jun 2022
HiNouNou is Announced as Winner of the Second WSIS Healthy Ageing Innovation Prize
The Healthy Ageing Innovation Prize marked its second year during the 2022 WSIS Forum. The Prize is a partnership and collaboration with the Global Coalition on Aging, ITU, UN DESA, and the WHO, in support of the Decade of Healthy Ageing.
31 May 2022
France Has Not Invested Enough to Prepare for the Threat Posed by Alzheimer’s Disease
The aging of France all but guarantees a continuous rise in diseases that target the elderly. And perhaps the most devastating is Alzheimer’s – a disease that robs people of their memories, their independence, and their right to age with dignity.
The big question is: Is France taking the actions needed to prepare for the looming Alzheimer’s pandemic?
20 May 2022
Global Coalition on Aging Joins 2022 Celebration of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) Dedicated to “Digital Technologies for Older Persons and Healthy Ageing”
For the first time in its history, the United Nations (UN) World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) marks the global importance of aging as the defining demographic shift of the 21st century.
16 May 2022
Women, Work, Wellness, and That Aging Thing…
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.
29 Mar 2022
Headlines of the Future Podcast: Decoding Healthy Aging
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.
24 Mar 2022
Longer Lifespans Require Secure Financial Futures
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.
07 Mar 2022
New AMR Paper Explains Our Life-or-Death Battle with Superbugs and What We Need to Do to Win
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.
17 Feb 2022