The 2nd HPD report - Health Policy Monitor

Republic
of Korea
The Netherlands
New Zealand
3,395 7.2 483 1.0
2,163 13.4 508 3.2
453 11.7 108 2.8
Spain 6,730 16.9 1,501 3.8
Switzerland
United
Kingdom
United
States
Source: OECD Health Data 2003
1,102 15.3 287 4.0
9,295 15.9 2,362 4.0
33,835 12.0 8,916 3.5
Aging societies face important economic and social changes that
require a timely and adequate response. International organizations,
governments and civil society must enact proactive aging
policies and programs that enable older citizens to enhance their
health, participation and security. Such policies and programs
should center on the rights, needs, priorities and abilities of older
people, addressed from perspectives that take the entire lifecycle
into account. The World Health Organization suggests key policies
in each of the following areas (www.who.int/hpr/ageing/Act
iveAgeingPolicyFrame.pdf):
– Prevention of diseases and premature mortality
– Reduction of risk factors
– Continuum of high quality health care throughout the life
course
– Provision of education and learning opportunities throughout
the life course
– Participation of people in all areas of public and private life,
according to their individual needs, preferences and capacities
– Protection, safety and dignity
– Reduction of inequities in the security rights and needs of
women
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