Ageism in AI for health: new policy brief now available

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Ageism in artificial intelligence (AI) for health: new policy brief now available

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The UN Global report on ageism has a simple but powerful message: ageism is everywhere and harmful, but can be combatted.

A new policy brief published by the World Health Organization (WHO) now highlights how the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in public health and medicine can benefit older people, but only by avoiding ageism in their design, implementation, and use.

In the brief, policy makers as well as all stakeholders who work with AI including care professionals can learn more about the risks of ageism in AI and how they can be addressed to maximise benefits for older people.

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Get involved with the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism

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The Global Campaign to Combat Ageism brings together stakeholders from around the world to change how we think, feel, and act towards age and ageing.

The Global Campaign has developed a free, regularly updated package of tools and resources in multiple languages to help you spark conversations and generate change towards #AWorld4AllAges.

Get involved by:

Downloading the Campaign’s toolkit in English, French, Spanish, or Russian
Visiting the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing Platform’s knowledge hub on ageism to learn from others
Sharing your details on the Decade Platform if you are already working to combat ageism

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Find out more about ageism

Learn more about ageism at an upcoming event: "From Ageism to Intergenerational Solidarity"

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DATE: 14 February 2022
TIME: 8:30 - 9:45 EST - find your timezone
REGISTER: By emailing the organisers

To address ageism, we need to work together across all ages and generations—because ageism affects everyone, everywhere.

Learn more about ageism from an intergenerational perspective at a virtual side event taking place during the 60th Session of the Commission for Social Development. The event will feature a conversation with both older and younger people to highlight the importance of creating a partnership across age groups for efforts to create #AWorld4AllAges.

To register, please send an email with your full name, role, and organisation to Myelani Mpofu at myelani.mpofu@un.org.

This virtual side event is organised by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN Major Group for Children and Youth, and the World Health Organization (WHO).