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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO Regional Office for Africa

WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

WHO Regional Office for Europe

WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

International agencies

Age UK

American Geriatrics Society

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Geneva International Network on Ageing  

Help Age International

International Federation on Ageing  
 
International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse

WHO collaborating centres

Cairo University Centre for Elderly Care, Egypt

Center for Studies on Ageing, Lebanon

Featured publications

Health_of_the_elderly_PHC_publicationPrimary health care for the elderly: a regional guide for primary health care workers (Arabic)

icope-guidelines-169pxWHO Guidelines on Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE)

Information resources

Dementia

Age-friendly primary health care centres toolkit

10 facts on ageing and the life course

Statistics and figures

In the Eastern Mediterranean Region it is projected that by 2025, older persons will make up nearly 8.7% of the population, and by 2050 nearly 15%, of the population.

Regional Health Observatory

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