Early healthcare investment is our best chance at healthy ageing

Apr 9, 2021

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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