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テクノロジーが長寿社会にもたらす最大のメリットとは
世界的な高齢化が進んでいます。多くの国で平均寿命が70歳を超え、2020年には歴史上初めて、60歳以上の高齢者の数が5歳以下の子どもを上回りました。この目覚ましい成果は、公衆衛生や栄養状態、ヘルスケアの改善によるもの。特に最近では、技術革新、ビッグデータ、そしてAI（人工知能）の活用が、健康寿命の延伸や高齢化社会におけるニーズへの対応につながっています。
Sofiat Akinola
Sofiat Akinola is a Project Lead on the Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare Platform at the World Economic Forum working on keeping populations healthy and health systems transformation with a focus on where Value-Based Healthcare, Universal Health Coverage and Healthy Ageing and Longevity. Prior to joining the Forum, Sofiat worked in the NGO and Government sectors where she built monitoring and evaluation skills to support strategies ranging from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Initiative to Ending Homeless in Alberta, Canada. Sofiat has two Masters, one from University of Oxford on Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation with a focus on Impact Evaluation and from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, where she received an MSc. and MPH. Sofiat also received her Bachelor’s degree from McGill University in Sociology focusing on Gender, Health and International Development.
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