Pandemic Preparedness and Response

Early healthcare investment is our best chance at healthy ageing

An elderly woman sits in the recreation room of a retirement home as visits have been restricted due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) concerns in Grevenbroich, Germany, March 16, 2020.

Life expectancy is projected to increase in every country over the next 40 years, according to the United Nations. Image: REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen.

John Ataguba
Associate Professor and Director, University of Cape Town
David E. Bloom
Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography, Harvard School of Public Health
Andrew J Scott
Professor of Economics, London Business School
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