Thread by @WHO

According to the 🆕 Baseline report for the Decade of #HealthyAgeing, at least 14% of all people aged 60 years and over worldwide 🌐 (>142 million people) are currently unable to meet all of their basic daily needs

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The Baseline report brings together data 📊 available for measuring #HealthyAgeing. It presents the experience of countries that have been successful in healthy ageing initiatives & discusses what is needed to better measure progress in healthy ageing

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The Baseline report for the Decade of Healthy Ageing includes comparable data 📊 on each component of #HealthyAgeing: functional ability, intrinsic capacity and environments.

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Optimizing functional ability is the key to healthy ageing. The Baseline report for the Decade for #HealthyAgeing includes examples of how countries can achieve measurable impact in improving functional ability.

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Governments and other stakeholders need to invest in data to monitor #healthyageing across the #lifecourse. Only 1/4 countries have comparable data on elderly people.

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