Global Health and Global Aging

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 viiiForeword xRobert N. Butler, M.D.Preface xiMary RobinsonThe Editors xvContributors xviPART ONE: THE WORLD AND ITS AGING POPULATION1. World Policies on Aging and the United Nations 3Alexandre Sidorenko2. Population Aging: A Global Overview 15Mary Beth Weinberger3. The World Health Organization and Global Aging 31Alex Kalache4. Leadership and Governance Challenges for Global Health and Aging 47Derek Yach5. Perception of Aging in Different Cultures 58Frank E. EyetsemitanPART TWO: COUNTRIES WITH HIGH RATES OF LONGEVITY6. Healthy Aging in Denmark? 71Bjarne Hastrup7. Challenges of Longevity in France: The International Longevity Centre-France Perspective 85Francoise Forette and Marie-Anne Brieu8. Healthy Aging in Finland 96Pekka Puska9. Healthy Aging in Germany 106Ulla Schmidt10. Healthy Aging from Seventy to Over One Hundred in Germany: Lessons from the Berlin Aging Study 118Jacqui Smith and Paul B. Baltes11. Challenges of Productive Aging in Japan 128Shigeo Morioka12. Healthy Aging in the Netherlands 140C.I.J.M. Ross-van Dorp13. Aging in Spain: Working Toward Creating New Rights in the Welfare State 149Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero14. Health and Aging in Sweden 157Barbro Westerholm15. Aging in the United Kingdom 168Sally Greengross16. Healthy Aging in the United States 177Jeanette C. TakamuraPART THREE: COUNTRIES FACING RAPID POPULATION AGING IN THE NEXT TWENTY TO THIRTY YEARS17. Health and Aging in Africa 187Nana Araba Apt18. Aging of Populations: Is China’s Pattern Unique? 197Lincoln Chen and Lingling Zhang19. Health and Aging in India 208Sharad D. Gokhale20. Health and Aging in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 215Mohamed H. El-Banouby21. Health and Aging in Russia 226Vladimir Kh. Khavinson and Olga N. Mikhailova22. Health and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean 238Enrique VegaPART FOUR: LEADERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS23. The Biology of Aging: Current Research and Expected Future Gains 249George M. Martin and Joshua Lederberg24. Exceptional Longevity 257Thomas Perls and Dellara F. Terry25. Cities, Sociodiversity, and Strategy 275Jaime Lerner26. Creating a Healthy Environment for Aging Populations 281Gloria M. Gutman27. How Government, Business, and Social Sector Partnerships Can Finance Programs for the Aging 292A. James Forbes, Jr.28. Policies and Practices Affecting Health and Longevity of People with Disabilities: Lessons from the United Kingdom 300Hector Medora and Angela Hassiotis29. Keeping People Active: Continuing Education Programs that Work 313Julia Preece and Brian Findsen30. Longevity's Impact on Retirement Security 323C. Robert Henrikson31. Improving Health Care in America: Lessons Learned from the Global Village 337William D. NovelliPART FIVE: EPILOGUE: THE ROAD AHEAD32. Epilogue: The Road Ahead 351Erik Olsen