Stressing the need to build an age friendly society, theWorld Health Organization called on policy makers and partners to give urgentattention to aging and health.
Dr. Samlee Plianbangchang, WHO Regional Director forSoutheast Asia, said that the construction of a society of the age to use,there is a need for the actions of other health sectors such as education,employment, finance , social security, justice, among others.
WHO is urging policy makers and partners to give urgentattention to aging and health, said.
"Older women outnumber and survive to older men. Genderdiscrimination and widowhood have a significant impact on the health of olderwomen.
"Poor nutrition in utero leads to disease in adulthood.Disease prevention through immunization, good nutrition and healthy lifestyleswill result in an aging population is a rich resource for families, communitiesand nations, "he said.
According to WHO figures, 142 million or eight percent ofthe population of the WHO Southeast Asia region are above the age of 60 years.
The number of elderly will double by 2025 and triple by 2050compared to 2000. The average life expectancy in most countries of the regionwill be above 75 years in 2050.
He said that replacing nuclear families and large familiescommon rural to urban migration, the old and the sick are often left at home.These changing patterns of society are now affecting the care of the elderlyand nursing home.
There is an urgent need to focus on issues such as theeconomic effects of aging on the system of health care, ways to ensureindependence in old age, quality of life, to balance the role of family andbeen in the care of older people requiring assistance, humanitarian crisis andthe older population, and health problems of older women and persons ofadvanced age, he said.
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