The world’s population reached 8bn people on Tuesday and will hit 9bn in 15 years as it experiences an unprecedented surge in the number of older people, according to the latest UN data. The global fertility rate has more than halved since the 1950s to 2.3 births per woman. With mortality also falling, the number of people aged 65 and over is expected to rise from 783mn in 2022 to 1bn by 2030 and reach 1.4bn by 2043, the UN population data revealed.

GCOA convened its second in-person, High-Level Forum on the Silver Economy, November 8-9, 2022, at the World Economic Forum in New York, the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in Dublin, Deloitte Consulting in Geneva, the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York, and virtually.

Today, the Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA), along with cross-sector stakeholders representing patient advocacy, policy, industry, and academic communities, announced the launch of the Alliance for Health Innovation at the High-Level Forum on the Silver Economy in New York. The Alliance is dedicated to establishing the importance of innovation in achieving healthy aging and health equity through investments, policy reforms, and strategic partnerships.

As the care sector faces a 13.5 million worker shortfall by 2050, global government, academic, NGO and business leaders lay out priorities to develop the critical long-term care workforce as a profession of the future. New York, NEW YORK (October 3, 2022) – The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) and Home Instead, the world’s largest home…

As India struggles with the growing Omicron wave of COVID-19, another pandemic is gathering force that could someday be equally lethal. While India — and the rest of the world — was caught flat-footed by COVID-19, there is still time to prepare for this looming public health threat, if political and healthcare leaders act now.