<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">David Legge</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dlegge@phmovement.org">dlegge@phmovement.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The WHO Executive Board meets in late January 2014. On their agenda (8.2) is: “Multisectoral action for a life course approach to healthy ageing”</span><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU">
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Secretariat has prepared a report (<a href="http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB134/B134_19-en.pdf" target="_blank">EB134/19</a>) which “… outlines the challenges and the opportunities of population ageing, and the current lack of an adequate global public health response. Effective action will need to take account, not only of changing demographics, but also concurrent changes in social determinants and interrelationships with other major global trends. Proposals for action will be presented.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">PHM’s WHO Watch project will be at the EB and the WHA and we are presently preparing comments to be shared with delegates before and during the meetings. We would be most grateful for your advice. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The <a href="http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB134/B134_12-en.pdf" target="_blank">Secretariat report</a> appears to be a bit confused and doesn’t say very much which raises the question of why WHO is considering this issue at this time. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">PHM is keen to hear from PHM activists and friends who are interested in / working in the field of aging from the PHM perspective. We are keen to hear your assessment of the WHO document and suggestions about how PHM might usefully comment.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">If you are involved in lobbying your country’s delegates about these issues we would be keen to hear your line of argument.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Please respond to: <a href="mailto:pgs-watch@phmovement.org" target="_blank">pgs-watch@phmovement.org</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Warmest greetings<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">WHO Watch <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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