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Aging and health in Sub-Saharan Africa: an urgent agenda for international cooperation/Velhice e Saude na Regiao da Africa Subsaariana: uma agenda urgente para a cooperacao internacional

Telles, Jose Luiz ; Borges, Ana Paula Abreu

Ciência & saude coletiva, 2013-12, Vol.18 (12), p.3553 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Aging and health in Sub-Saharan Africa: an urgent agenda for international cooperation/Velhice e Saude na Regiao da Africa Subsaariana: uma agenda urgente para a cooperacao internacional
Autor: Telles, Jose Luiz ; Borges, Ana Paula Abreu
É parte de: Ciência & saude coletiva, 2013-12, Vol.18 (12), p.3553
Descrição: The Sub-Saharan part of the African continent is the area that has the highest disease burden in the world and is the only region of the planet where it is expected that the number of poor people will increase in the coming decades. The countries of this region, to different degrees, experience slow process of population aging but at the same time, it is the are where the elderly population grows fastest in absolute numbers. Based on a review of the literature, an attempt was made to highlight the social and demographic situation in which the elderly live in the Sub-Saharan region and the main challenges faced by local governments to overcome the complex problems affecting society as a whole. It was found that public policies geared to this segment of the population in the region do not represent a priority and, consequently, are unlikely to be included in the current agenda of international cooperation.
Editor: Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva - ABRASCO
Idioma: Português

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