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Population ageing: a global health crisis?
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4 Population ageing: a global health success?

In the discussion of the video in Activity 1, we talked about some of the advantages that having a higher percentage of older people in a population can bring. These are not the only benefits of population ageing! There is much evidence that population ageing is an outcome of all the efforts that have been made to improve global health over the past decades. In other words, that population ageing is a sign of global health success. Click left and right on the slideshow below to read about some of this evidence.

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This slideshow contains four figures.

The first figure shows a graph with a declining world fertility rate (in 1950–1955 it shows the fertility rate as being at 5, and this declines over time so that at the end of the graph, in the years 2045–2050 it is estimated to be at 2.

The second figure is a photograph of two women smiling at the camera.

The third figure shows the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The first box in the goals figure says ‘Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. These goals are:

  1. no poverty
  2. zero hunger
  3. good health and wellbeing
  4. quality education
  5. gender equality
  6. clean water and sanitation
  7. affordable and clean energy
  8. decent work and economic growth
  9. industry, innovation and infrastructure
  10. reduced inequalities
  11. sustainable cities and communities
  12. responsible consumption and production
  13. climate action
  14. life below water
  15. life on land
  16. peace, justice and strong institutions
  17. partnerships for the goals.

The fourth figure is a photograph of someone testing their blood sugar levels.

Interactive 1 Population ageing – a global health success?
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