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Regional publications

Thumbnail of strategy document for healthy ageingA strategy for active, healthy ageing and old age care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 2006–2015 [pdf 787.85kb]      

Global publications  

 WHO publications on active ageing

 WHO publications on the reproductive health of older persons

Factsheets

Dementia

Deafness and hearing impairment

Elder maltreatment

Falls

Visual impairment or blindness

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.

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