Stressing the need to build an age friendly society, the
World Health Organization called on policy makers and partners to give urgent
attention to aging and health.
Dr. Samlee Plianbangchang, WHO Regional Director for
Southeast 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 urgent
attention to aging and health, said.
"Older women outnumber and survive to older men. Gender
discrimination and widowhood have a significant impact on the health of older
women.
"Poor nutrition in utero leads to disease in adulthood.
Disease prevention through immunization, good nutrition and healthy lifestyles
will result in an aging population is a rich resource for families, communities
and nations, "he said.
According to WHO figures, 142 million or eight percent of
the 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 2050
compared to 2000. The average life expectancy in most countries of the region
will be above 75 years in 2050.
He said that replacing nuclear families and large families
common 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 elderly
and nursing home.
There is an urgent need to focus on issues such as the
economic effects of aging on the system of health care, ways to ensure
independence in old age, quality of life, to balance the role of family and
been in the care of older people requiring assistance, humanitarian crisis and
the older population, and health problems of older women and persons of
advanced age, he said.
Sourc: Samaylive
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