Global Health and Global Aging (eBook)

Mary Robinson is president of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. She previously served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and was president of Ireland from 1990 to 1997. William Novelli is chief executive officer of AARP, a membership organization of 38 million people age 50 and older. Previously, he was president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and executive vice president of CARE. Clarence Pearson is a global health leadership and management consultant and former senior advisor to World Health Organization at the United Nations. He conceived the series of global health books for Jossey-Bass and serves as the series' executive editor. Laurie Norris is an international communications consultant and author of a history of the China Medical Board, a pioneer in Western-style medical education in China and Asia. She serves as managing editor for the global health series published by Jossey-Bass.

About the AARP Foundation viii

Foreword x

Robert N. Butler, M.D.

Preface xi

Mary Robinson

The Editors xv

Contributors xvi

PART ONE: THE WORLD AND ITS AGING POPULATION

1. World Policies on Aging and the United Nations 3

Alexandre Sidorenko

2. Population Aging: A Global Overview 15

Mary Beth Weinberger

3. The World Health Organization and Global Aging 31

Alex Kalache

4. Leadership and Governance Challenges for Global Health and
Aging 47

Derek Yach

5. Perception of Aging in Different Cultures 58

Frank E. Eyetsemitan

PART TWO: COUNTRIES WITH HIGH RATES OF LONGEVITY

6. Healthy Aging in Denmark? 71

Bjarne Hastrup

7. Challenges of Longevity in France: The International
Longevity Centre-France Perspective 85

Francoise Forette and Marie-Anne Brieu

8. Healthy Aging in Finland 96

Pekka Puska

9. Healthy Aging in Germany 106

Ulla Schmidt

10. Healthy Aging from Seventy to Over One Hundred in Germany:
Lessons from the Berlin Aging Study 118

Jacqui Smith and Paul B. Baltes

11. Challenges of Productive Aging in Japan 128

Shigeo Morioka

12. Healthy Aging in the Netherlands 140

C.I.J.M. Ross-van Dorp

13. Aging in Spain: Working Toward Creating New Rights in the
Welfare State 149

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

14. Health and Aging in Sweden 157

Barbro Westerholm

15. Aging in the United Kingdom 168

Sally Greengross

16. Healthy Aging in the United States 177

Jeanette C. Takamura

PART THREE: COUNTRIES FACING RAPID POPULATION AGING IN THE
NEXT TWENTY TO THIRTY YEARS

17. Health and Aging in Africa 187

Nana Araba Apt

18. Aging of Populations: Is China's Pattern Unique?
197

Lincoln Chen and Lingling Zhang

19. Health and Aging in India 208

Sharad D. Gokhale

20. Health and Aging in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
215

Mohamed H. El-Banouby

21. Health and Aging in Russia 226

Vladimir Kh. Khavinson and Olga N. Mikhailova

22. Health and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean
238

Enrique Vega

PART FOUR: LEADERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE
PROGRAMS

23. The Biology of Aging: Current Research and Expected Future
Gains 249

George M. Martin and Joshua Lederberg

24. Exceptional Longevity 257

Thomas Perls and Dellara F. Terry

25. Cities, Sociodiversity, and Strategy 275

Jaime Lerner

26. Creating a Healthy Environment for Aging Populations
281

Gloria M. Gutman

27. How Government, Business, and Social Sector Partnerships Can
Finance Programs for the Aging 292

A. James Forbes, Jr.

28. Policies and Practices Affecting Health and Longevity of
People with Disabilities: Lessons from the United Kingdom 300

Hector Medora and Angela Hassiotis

29. Keeping People Active: Continuing Education Programs that
Work 313

Julia Preece and Brian Findsen

30. Longevity's Impact on Retirement Security 323

C. Robert Henrikson

31. Improving Health Care in America: Lessons Learned from the
Global Village 337

William D. Novelli

PART FIVE: EPILOGUE: THE ROAD AHEAD

32. Epilogue: The Road Ahead 351

Erik Olsen

Recommended. This edited volume brings together a high-powered list
of public policy experts to explain the impact of aging on regional
development and global economies. (CHOICE, 05/2008)

"This is much less of an introductory overview and is more
candid in suggesting reforms to the US health care system. A brief
survey of the 31 chapters suggests the breadth and quality of this
work."

-- Journal of the American Medical Association