GCOA is a key partner in the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing Platform. The Platform is an inclusive, collaborative space where all knowledge relevant for the Decade can be accessed, shared, and interacted with in one place by all aging stakeholders around the world. GCOA has not only contributed publications to the Platform but will…

Released amid increasing recognition of the threat posed by the “silent pandemic” of antimicrobial resistance at the highest levels of government, most recently at the G7 Summit in Cornwall, the report identifies a broad failure to match public promises with the concrete actions needed to avert the growing crisis. The index assessed the 11 largest…

Throughout 2020 and beyond, aging has been at top of the agenda for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). GCOA has worked with the OECD on aging for many years. Together, GCOA and OECD have jointly organized several expert consultations and workshops examining a range of critical topics through the aging lens: Alzheimer’s…

This report summarizes key takeaways from our October 2020 virtual roundtable on health innovation and economic growth in Japan. The report highlights the importance of health innovation in Japan and in ageing societies around the world. GCOA and the Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) co-organized the roundtable, which was sponsored by Pfizer Japan. The roundtable was…

This report summarizes the key takeaways from an October 2020 virtual roundtable on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and explores the multifaceted risks posed by AMR in aging societies globally, and Japan in particular. The roundtable was co-organized by GCOA and the Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) and sponsored by Pfizer Japan. Click here to read the full press…