Your monthly UN Decade of Healthy Ageing Update

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Your monthly UN Decade of Healthy Ageing update

Welcome to your UN Decade of Healthy Ageing update for April!

This month, we're sending you an update a little early as there is so much to share and get involved in. In this newsletter, learn more about:

The launch of a new WHO report exploring countries' experiences in implementing integrated care for older people
An opportunity to join global dialogues on digital technologies for healthy ageing at the WSIS Forum 2022
More opportunities to get involved in UN events
In case you missed it: events, publications, and more

Learn more about countries' experiences in implementing integrated care for older people at an upcoming WHO report launch

DATE: 25 April 2022 (Monday)
TIME: 13:00 - 14:30 CEST - find my timezone

What would our world look like if we all had access to good quality, affordable healthcare that fully responded to our needs – no matter what our age? To help achieve this vision we need person-centred, integrated care: one of the four action areas of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing.

Learn more about how health and social care systems around the world can adapt to provide integrated care for current and future generations of older people at the launch of a WHO report on the Integrated Care for Older People implementation pilot programme.

The launch will be held online via Zoom, and requires pre-registration. Live interpretation will be available in French.

Join global dialogues on digital technologies for healthy ageing at the upcoming WSIS Forum 2022

How do we work together to ensure that digital technologies are used and developed in ways that respond to the needs of older people and their families, caregivers, and communities?

2-6 May: Join global dialogues on the topic at the UN-organised World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2022, during a special track on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Older Persons.

Topics covered include:

Technology in health and social care
Social isolation and loneliness
The future of work
Artificial intelligence and ageism
Digital knowledge sharing and collaboration
High-level Dialogue on ICTs and healthy ageing

Discover the full line-up of events

More opportunities to get involved in UN events

28/29 April 2022: Side events on healthy ageing at the 2022 WHO Innovation Forum in the Western Pacific Region

Join two side events on social prescribing for healthy ageing, and new portrayals of ageing.

Deadline extended to 15 May 2022: Call for posters - older persons in emergency situations

Posters will be exhibited at the upcoming UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing in Rome, Italy (15-17 June 2022).

17 May 2022: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (online event)

This year's theme is "Digital technologies for older persons and healthy ageing".

22-28 May 2022: Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly

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In case you missed it: events, publications, and more

5 April 2022: Silver Hues: Building Age-Ready Cities

The World Bank Group has published a new report on building 'age-ready' cities and towns.

7 April 2022: World Health Day - "Our Health, Our Planet"

Healthy ageing and a healthy planet are closely interlinked. Learn more in the Decade advocacy brief on climate change.

11-14 April 2022: 12th Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (New York)

Catch up on the proceedings by watching the recordings here.

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