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    Primary health care for older people: a participatory study in 5 Asian countries

    HelpAge International Asia, Pacific Regional Development Centre, 2008
    This study documents the perceptions of older people, care-givers, and health service providers in terms of knowledge of active and healthy ageing, access and quality of Primary Health Care (PHC) services.  It particularly looks at the increasing experiences of older people in managing stroke and diabetes conditions.
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    Forecasting the global burden of Alzheimer's disease

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2007
    How will the global burden of Alzheimer’s disease develop? What is the potential impact of interventions that delay disease onset or progression? This paper examines these questions using a stochastic multi-state model in conjunction with U.N. worldwide population forecasts and data from epidemiological studies on risks of Alzheimer’s disease.Key findings are that:
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    Harvard Initiative for Global Health

    Research facility concentrating on the following priority areas:AIDSInfectious Diseases (non-AIDS)Mental HealthCardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Related Risk FactorsDemogra
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    Population ageing and development: social, health and gender issues

    United Nations Population Fund, 2002
    Report generated form Expert Group Meeting on Population Ageing and Development, held in Valletta, Malta on 29-31 October 2001.The Expert Group Meeting considered various approaches to alleviating poverty in old age, especially among older women.
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    Health and ageing: a discussion paper

    Ageing and Life Course (WHO), 2001
    Global ageing puts increasing economic and social demands on all countries, but older people also provide a precious, often-ignored resource. A discussion paper, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the run up to the UN World Assembly on Ageing, 2002, explores the policy challenges of population ageing worldwide.

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