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1/ Today, we're thinking about data for #HealthyAgeing 💭
In New York, Member States are gathering for the @UN Statistical Commission to discuss all things data.
The @UNDecadeAgeing calls for strengthening data to accelerate its implementation. But what does this mean?
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In New York, Member States are gathering for the @UN Statistical Commission to discuss all things data.
The @UNDecadeAgeing calls for strengthening data to accelerate its implementation. But what does this mean?
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2/ To implement initiatives & policies that are effective in fostering #HealthyAgeing, we need a fuller understanding of older people's needs & contexts.
One important way to develop this understanding is by collecting meaningful & representative data about older people. 📈
One important way to develop this understanding is by collecting meaningful & representative data about older people. 📈
3/ For example, inequities faced by older people will remain invisible if data on them are not collected.
We also can't challenge ageist assumptions of older age as inevitable decline if data on older people's contributions to society are limited.
(See: decadeofhealthyageing.org/find-knowledge…)
We also can't challenge ageist assumptions of older age as inevitable decline if data on older people's contributions to society are limited.
(See: decadeofhealthyageing.org/find-knowledge…)
It's #HumanRightsDay & the 75th birthday of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. #UDHR75
If we were the same age as the UDHR, many of us wouldn't be enjoying the rights it defines.
How do we build on its principles to ensure later lives of meaning & dignity? Read on 🧵⬇️
If we were the same age as the UDHR, many of us wouldn't be enjoying the rights it defines.
How do we build on its principles to ensure later lives of meaning & dignity? Read on 🧵⬇️
@UNHumanRights @UN_HRC @UN4Ageing @WHO @UNDESA @UNDESASocial @UNGeneva @UN @UNFPA @IE_OlderPersons 2/ Reminder: #ageing is something to celebrate!
We are living longer than ever before. This is partly because of hard work to uphold the #UDHR.
But longer lives are not yet healthier lives for all. Our work to protect human rights needs to respond to a rapidly changing world.
We are living longer than ever before. This is partly because of hard work to uphold the #UDHR.
But longer lives are not yet healthier lives for all. Our work to protect human rights needs to respond to a rapidly changing world.
3/ The #UDHR's Preamble starts by highlighting the 'equal & inalienable rights of all members of the human family'.
These human rights are 'fundamental' & must be universally recognised & observed.
⚠️ This commitment has no age limits!
#HumanRightsDay
These human rights are 'fundamental' & must be universally recognised & observed.
⚠️ This commitment has no age limits!
#HumanRightsDay
We’re back from the last day of the @UNECE Ministerial Conference on #Ageing, starting with the Opening of the Ministerial Segment!
✅ Follow this thread for key highlights throughout the day
✅ Or join the livestream: mipaa20rome.it/live-streaming
#AddingLifeToYears #MIPAA20Rome
✅ Follow this thread for key highlights throughout the day
✅ Or join the livestream: mipaa20rome.it/live-streaming
#AddingLifeToYears #MIPAA20Rome
Ministers from the host of #MIPAA20Rome, Italy, are now speaking on the challenges but also the opportunities of population ageing.
We are on average living longer than ever before. The @UNDecadeAgeing is our opportunity to live these extra years with health & well-being.
We are on average living longer than ever before. The @UNDecadeAgeing is our opportunity to live these extra years with health & well-being.
@dienekeita (@UNFPA) provides a strong message: we must do for older people now what we want for ourselves when we are older.
#MIPAA, #MIPAA20Rome, and the @UNDecadeAgeing all show there is political will to improve the lives of older people. That will must be backed by action.
#MIPAA, #MIPAA20Rome, and the @UNDecadeAgeing all show there is political will to improve the lives of older people. That will must be backed by action.
We're back from the @UNECE Ministerial Conference on #Ageing 2022!
✅ Follow this thread for key highlights throughout the day
✅ Or join the conversation online on the conference livestream: mipaa20rome.it/live-streaming
#AddingLifeToYears #MIPAA20Rome
✅ Follow this thread for key highlights throughout the day
✅ Or join the conversation online on the conference livestream: mipaa20rome.it/live-streaming
#AddingLifeToYears #MIPAA20Rome
Don't forget to join us at a #MIPAA20Rome side event TODAY if you want to learn more about the @UNDecadeAgeing:
🗓 16 June
⏰ 15:50 - 16:10 CEST
📺 LIVESTREAM:
#AddingLifeToYears
🗓 16 June
⏰ 15:50 - 16:10 CEST
📺 LIVESTREAM:
#AddingLifeToYears
Zsuzsanna Jakab (Deputy Director-General, @WHO) is now on screen, introducing the @UNDecadeAgeing and how it supports the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (#MIPAA) in the @UNECE region.
#MIPAA20Rome #AddingLifeToYears
#MIPAA20Rome #AddingLifeToYears
The @UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing is now on! #MIPAA20Rome #AddingLifeToYears
✅ Follow this thread for key highlights from the conference
✅ Or watch the livestream at: mipaa20rome.it
✅ Follow this thread for key highlights from the conference
✅ Or watch the livestream at: mipaa20rome.it
@UNECE 📺 LIVE NOW: Commemoration of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (#WEAAD)
Susan Somers from @INPEANetwork explains the history of #WEAAD and the continued need to bring attention to the abuse of older people as a serious problem.
#WEAAD2022 #MIPAA20Rome
Susan Somers from @INPEANetwork explains the history of #WEAAD and the continued need to bring attention to the abuse of older people as a serious problem.
#WEAAD2022 #MIPAA20Rome
@UNECE @INPEANetwork Amal Abou Rafeh (@UNDESASocial / @UN4Ageing) is now speaking on #WEAAD.
The international day became a UN day 11 years ago, yet the abuse of older people remains a hidden problem.
This is an issue about equality - and States play a key role in protecting everyone's rights.
The international day became a UN day 11 years ago, yet the abuse of older people remains a hidden problem.
This is an issue about equality - and States play a key role in protecting everyone's rights.
⚡️ 75th World Health Assembly Highlights: Noncommunicable Diseases (#NCDs) & #HealthyAgeing
The control & prevention of NCDs like stroke, cancers & diabetes form a significant part of #WHA75's agenda. What's their relevance to @UNDecadeAgeing? (thread) 🧵⬇️
#AddingLifeToYears
The control & prevention of NCDs like stroke, cancers & diabetes form a significant part of #WHA75's agenda. What's their relevance to @UNDecadeAgeing? (thread) 🧵⬇️
#AddingLifeToYears
People around the 🌏 are living longer than ever before. This is good news: we now have an opportunity to be & do what we value for longer.
But our societies & environments still require significant transformations to help us maximise this opportunity. 👉 who.int/health-topics/…
But our societies & environments still require significant transformations to help us maximise this opportunity. 👉 who.int/health-topics/…
Although we are living longer, our extra years are not necessarily being lived in good health.
In part, this is because the negative effects of living in unsupportive, unhealthy environments accumulate over time & often manifest in later life.
In part, this is because the negative effects of living in unsupportive, unhealthy environments accumulate over time & often manifest in later life.
