Health of the elderly | Elderly- announcements

News

Each year October 1 is celebrated as International Day of Older Persons. This year the theme is “Leave no one behind: promoting a society for all”. A key strategy to facilitate...

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The Regional Office is currently developing a regional comprehensive survey on ageing and health in Member States to collect a range of data on older persons. Data will be collected on demographic, socioeconomic, health,...

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Al Moharik City, Bahrain's third largest city, is currently applying to become a member of the global network of age-friendly cities. Al Moharik City has five primary health care centres which all offer age-friendly health services...

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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