In November 2022, the Global Coalition on Aging released its compendium, “Business Leadership in the Decade of Healthy Ageing: Compendium of Best Practices Across the Private Sector,” to highlight actions of the business community to advance the goals of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing. While conventional perspectives on aging tend to focus on rising…

More Than Just a Fracture: A Call to Action on Osteoporosis and Bone Health in the Context of Healthy Aging calls for a new approach to osteoporosis diagnosis and for the WHO to drive efforts to update the way in which fragility fractures are identified and therefore how osteoporosis is acted upon globally. In doing so,…

On Thursday, September 29, 2022, Global Coalition on Aging, in partnership with GCOA Member Amgen, presented the Asia-Pacific Healthy Aging Summit: Advancing Disease Prediction and Prevention, which brought together leaders from the region with global leaders to find the policy solutions necessary for a healthier and more active aging across the region. Speakers included Naoko…

The discussion, which brought together both Chinese and global experts, explored lessons learned from Beijing’s leadership and the changed landscape from Covid-19 vaccination and provided insights for a report on critical policy steps Beijing can take, what other Chinese cities can learn, and for application at the national level to enable healthier and more active…

As our society ages, we need to ensure that older people are empowered to decide how they want to live, what they want to do, and what type of healthcare works best for their situation. Unfortunately, healthcare rationing by age, where patients are withheld access to treatments, is still one of the most widespread forms…