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Site On The Move We are currently moving the site to Reasons for this include: No Top Banners
An easier address A Subthird level domain allowing the address to start with www Please go to our new URL for the latest updates; or wait 10 sec and you will be automatically taken there
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Information on Ageing Want to know something about ageing? Check our new list of Online articles and other resources, part of our new re-organised Database. |
Medical Students International The ISNAH team is currently preparing an issue of MSI on Ageing and Health. read more |
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Welcome.
We are right now at the threshold of Global Ageing. Currently the total aged population (60+) worldwide stands at 605 million. For the first time, there is more people aged 60 and older than children under 14 in a number of
developed Countries. Over 60% of old people live in developing countries. By 2025, the total worldwide aged population is projected to rise from 605 million in 2000 to 1 billion in 2020. By then, 700 million, or 70% of old people,
will be in developing countries. Population ageing could be compared to a silent revolution that will impact on all aspects of society, and one of the biggest challenges facing the world as it enters a new millennium. Population
ageing tends to be regarded as a crisis because older people are frequently viewed as a costly burden, frail, and non-productive. In reality, population ageing is potentially a great opportunity. It is the result of one of the
triumphs of the last century, greatest extension of human longevity in history. In reality, people in old age can and do contribute to society. The wisdom and experience, which come with age, are vital assets and should be
recognized as such. The biggest obstacles to older people contributions are marginalization, exclusion, ill health and poverty. In short, population ageing is not a crisis if older people are empowered to take an active role in the
development process. The Network on Ageing is formed and maintained by interested medical students, who are also members of the IFMSA, the International Federation of Medical Student Associations, officially recognized by the
United Nations as a non-political and non-governmental organization. However, all students are invited to join. The Network's purpose is to provide an international platform for students of health (whether medicine, Public
Health or others) who are interested in the topic of Ageing and want to raise awareness, advocate, and conduct research projects so that they could communicate easily and effectively, exchange information and share results.
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