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Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Demographic Change, Non-communicable Diseases, and Human Capital

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-11T18:30:36Z
dc.date.available2024-09-11T18:30:36Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-12
dc.description.abstractThe World Bank has a long history of engaging in population issues, ranging from childhood illness, nutrition, fertility, and safe motherhood to the aging process. It supports countries in addressing the implications of the demographic process through analytical work, technical advice, and financing to expand health coverage, redesign pension systems and social security, and undertake actions that support their economies. This report follows that tradition and analyzes the steps to promote healthy longevity and enhance the quantity and quality of human capital through attention to the burgeoning problem of Non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Research began before COVID and concluded after, drawing upon lessons from the pandemic. The report is intended to inform policy and action at the country level. The demographic transformation is a global phenomenon, and the increasing population of the middle-aged and elderly brings with it many challenges which are more acute in low- and middle-income countries where resources are more limited. The increasing number of adults calls upon countries to institute the social and economic measures of ensuring their wellbeing and making them optimally productive. Health must be at the center of these concerns, not only its preservation towards the end but its optimization throughout the life-course. This report builds on a compendium of analytical papers covering the economics of avoidable mortality, long-term care, behavior change, social protection, and whole-of-government solutions to support healthy longevity. It emphasizes that a great deal of ill health globally is a result of inequities—especially poverty and gender inequities that limit or delay access to and use of health care. High out-of-pocket payments for NCDs can plunge households further into poverty or extreme poverty. Women live longer with NCD morbidities.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099091024154518699/P175438164a6530231affc1eee5d610ec2b
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/42141
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42141
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOPULATION
dc.subjectHEALTH AND NUTRITION
dc.subjectNON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectLONGEVITY
dc.titleUnlocking the Power of Healthy Longevityen
dc.title.subtitleDemographic Change, Non-communicable Diseases, and Human Capitalen
dc.typeReport
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42142 Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative
okr.associatedcontenthttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42143 The Healthy Longevity Initiative: Key Insights for Policy and Action
okr.associatedcontenthttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42144 Towards a Framework for impact pathways between NCDS, Human Capital and Healthy Longevity, Economic and Wellbeing Outcomes
okr.associatedcontenthttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42145 Gender Gaps in Healthy Longevity: Outcomes, Barriers, and Implications
okr.associatedcontenthttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42146 Aging and Health: Policy Considerations for Long-term Care
okr.crossref.titleUnlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Demographic Change, Non-communicable Diseases, and Human Capital
okr.date.disclosure2024-09-11
okr.date.lastmodified2024-09-11T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Health Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099091024154518699/P175438164a6530231affc1eee5d610ec2b
okr.guid099091024154518699
okr.identifier.docmidP175438-64a65377-ba5d-4e23-affc-eee5d610ec2b
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/42141
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34389971
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34389971
okr.identifier.report193428
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099091024154518699/pdf/P175438164a6530231affc1eee5d610ec2b.pdfen
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.themeHealth Systems and Policies,Job Creation,Gender,Human Development and Gender,Non-communicable diseases,Health Finance,Disease Control,Private Sector Development,Jobs
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population & Development
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Country Population Profiles
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Demographics
okr.unitPeople- HNP-GFF Global Director (HHNDR)
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