Healthy ageing is more than the absence of disease

Veronica, 75, sorts through beans.

An astonishing transformation is taking place that has until now been absent from mainstream development thinking: global ageing.

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WHO Report on Ageing and Health: living longer but not healthier

Lipi visits a doctor in Bangladesh.

People are living longer in both developed and developing countries – but we are not necessarily living healthier longer lives, according to a new report from the The World Health Organisation (WHO).

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