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NEW YORK (November 12, 2015) – As part of its ongoing commitment to healthy and active aging, the Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) is proud to raise awareness of World Pneumonia Day, draw attention to pneumonia’s continued prevalence in communities around the world, and promote the importance of immunization as a core strategy for prevention…
OXFORD, ENGLAND (23 September 2015) – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) convened on September 1-2 an expert consultation on Active Ageing in the Digital Economy in partnership with the Harris Manchester College, Oxford University. International experts from industry, ageing, technology and public policy mapped strategies…
“New Models of Care” Consensus Statement Issued as Guidance for Pope Francis’s U.S. Trip NEW YORK (17 September 2015) – In anticipation of Pope Francis’s visit to the United States next week, the leaders of the “New Models of Care for an Aging Society” symposium issued a consensus statement recognizing the moral and ethical obligations of…