Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare launched Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030) in India on International Day for Older Persons.
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The Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030) is an opportunity to bring together governments, civil society etc. for ten years of concerted action to improve the lives of older people.
Healthy Ageing is developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables well-being in older age.
Following the 146th WHO Executive Board's recommendation made in February 2020, the 73rd World Health Assembly have endorsed the proposal for a Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020-2030).
By the end of the Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020–2030), the number of people aged 60 years and older will be 34% higher, increasing from 1 billion in 2019 to 1.4 billion. By 2050, the global population of older people will have more than doubled, to 2.1 billion.
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