Health Rights of Older People

Long Thanh Giang is Associate Professor of National Economics University, Hanoi, Senior Researcher at Institute of Social and Medical Studies (ISMS), Hanoi, and Affiliate Research Fellow of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford. His research interests include the economics of ageing and health protection for older people. He got a PhD from National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo. Theresa W. Devasahayam is Associate Lecturer at Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). She has provided technical expertise to various projects for United Nations’ agencies and the Asian Development Bank. She has a PhD in Anthropology with a concentration in feminist studies from Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A.

1. Ageing and Health in Southeast Asia (Theresa W. Devasahayam and Long Thanh Giang) 2. Singapore (Theresa W. Devasahayam) 3. Malaysia (How Kee Ling, Zamri Hassan, Faizah Mas’ud, and Sidiah John Siop) 4. Thailand (Chalermpol Chamchan, Rossarin Gray, and Kusol Soonthorndhada) 5. Vietnam (Long Thanh Giang, Phong Manh Phi, and Tham Hong Thi Pham) 6. Myanmar (Hein Thet Ssoe, S. Irudaya Rajan, and Sreerupa) 7. Policy Options for Protecting Health Rights of Older People (Long Thanh Giang and Theresa W. Devasahayam) 8. Conclusions (Theresa W. Devasahayam and Long Thanh Giang)