June 2022
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This month’s featured highlight is the new Observatory on Health and Aging for the Americas and updates from the Region. See below for more information.
Observatory on Health and Aging for the Americas
Data on aging and health is crucial to better understand older adults’ health status as well as their social and economic contributions and social capital. This is why strengthening data, research and innovation to accelerate implementation is one of the enablers of the Decade of Healthy Aging.
Data available on this observatory can provide a snapshot of the current available information that can be useful for prioritization and evaluation of public health interventions.
Highlighted publications
Tackling abuse of older people: five priorities for the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030)
This document outlines five priorities to prevent and respond to abuse of older people: combat ageism; generate more and better data on prevalence and on risk and protective factors; develop and scale up cost–effective solutions; make an investment case for addressing the issue; and raise funds to tackle the issue.
Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean: social protection and quality of life of older persons
This report analyzes the quality of life of older people in Latin America and the Caribbean, how it relates to social protection policies, and how these policies must adapt to population aging. Pensions, healthcare, and long-term care policies are deeply interconnected, both directly (the three benefits overlap as determinants of a person’s budget limitations) and indirectly (through their positive effect on health and autonomy, and the consequent ability to extend people’s work - ing years).
Use of the Internet and Information and Communication Technologies in older persons
This new report from the Observatory of Aging for a Chile with a future, a project that arises from the alliance between the Catholic University and Confuturo Insurance Company, highlights how the pandemic has affected the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), increasing their use among older people, even though they lag behind in digital skills compared to younger age groups. The Observatory of Aging for Chile with a future was established with the objective of making visible relevant information about older adults in the country, through the development of studies that allow raising public awareness and revealing topics of social impact related to old age and the aging of Chileans.
Diabfrail LatAm
The COVID-19 global pandemic has also had its effects on the Diabfrail Latam project. When recruitment of participants was about to start in the first quarter of 2020, the pandemic broke out. This meant that recruitment could not start within the timeframe originally planned in the project work plan, but it has started and soon we will have results on this new multimodal strategy for frail older adults with Diabetes in LAC countries. The program is based in other strategies already tested in European context (MIDFRAIL, VIVIFRAIL and FRAILOMICS).
Video spotlight:
See the video belonging to the new visual identity of the Decade of Healthy Aging in the Americas.
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Other information
Regional Meeting of Civil Society on Aging and Old Age, Latin America and the Caribbean for the Human Rights of Older Persons: Here and Now. A Political role in the Perspective of Human Rights
- 25-27 May & 3 June 2022
This 4-day meeting had the participation of representatives of organizations from over 20 countries and was organized by the Regional Coordination Network of Civil Society Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean on Aging and Old Age (Red CORV).
Addressing Men's Health and Masculinities in the Americas: A Public Health Imperative
- 30 June 2022
This high-level webinar, jointly hosted by the Global Action on Men’s Health, the Center of Men’s Health Equity at Georgetown University, and PAHO brought together policymakers, Member States, health professionals and other NGOs, researchers, and advocates to discuss the state of men’s health and gender equal masculinities in the Region and, more importantly, to begin the process of identifying and then implementing effective ways to improve men’s health outcomes.
Strategic vision and implementation of the Decade of Healthy Aging in the years 2022 and 2023
- 15-16 June 2022
From the PAHO Healthy Life Course Unit, a technical meeting was convened with the regional offices and representatives of the Ministries of Health of Latin America and the Caribbean to: promote exchange of experiences of the implementation of the Decade of Healthy Aging in the region of the Americas; discuss priorities, interests, ideas, needs around aging, older people and the implementation of the Decade of Healthy Aging; generate better communication between countries, PAHO and other nations who are also involved in implementation and identify ideas for the promotion of horizontal and transversal cooperation related to the Decade.
Advancing in the technical implementation of the Decade in the Region requires everyone's involvement and cooperation!
Age-friendly cities and communities in the Americas
As of June 30th, there are a total of 814 age-friendly cities and communities in the Region of the Americas.
Our newest members include Prudentópolis, Brazil and Pica, Chile. Welcome!
