Is 2021 2030 a decade of Healthy Ageing?

The United Nations General Assembly today declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing.

What is the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing?

The United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030) is a global collaboration, aligned with the last ten years of the Sustainable Development Goals, to improve the lives of older people, their families, and the communities in which they live.

How can we achieve the 2030 Agenda?

With collective eforts, UN agencies, policymakers, civil society and other stakeholders can support setting a new agenda of active and healthy ageing that can reduce the vulnerabilities and enhance the rights, capabilities and resilience of older persons, and thus fulfil the pledge of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind.

What is the who global strategy on Ageing & Health?

It is the second action plan of the WHO Global strategy on ageing and health, building on the United Nations Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and aligned with the timing of the United Nations Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.