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Longevity History – educational resource on the history of the study of aging. ( see External links ) ILA attaches particular importance to cooperation with WHO in order to draw the attention of the state and interstate structures to the problem of aging as a type of medical problem that needs scientific study and treatment .
The International Day of Older People is observed on October 1 each year. On December 14, 1990, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 1 as the International Day of Older People as recorded in Resolution 45/106. [1] The holiday was observed for the first time on October 1, 1991. [2]
Longevity experts share the habits associated with longer, healthier lives. (Getty Images) (Mariia Zotova via Getty Images) The oldest person in the world recently turned 117 years old.
Longevity is the goal for many people, but the secret to living a longer, healthier life isn’t always obvious. Life expectancy in the U.S. is currently 77.5 years for men and women, although ...
Since 1959, World Refugee Year, the UN has designated specific years in order to draw attention to important issues. [3] Governments of Member States, assisted by civil society, are encouraged to take the themes as opportunities to raise awareness and promote policy initiatives among citizens (The same rationale is applied to a lengthy list of annual days and special decades).
Alexandre Kalache (born 17 October 1945) [1] is a medical epidemiologist specializing in the study of aging.Since 2012 he is President of the International Longevity Centre-Brazil (ILC BR) and since 2015 co-President of the Global Alliance of International Longevity Centres (ILC-GA). [2]
The maximum life span of most species is documented in the AnAge repository (The Animal Ageing and Longevity Database). [ 22 ] Maximum life span is usually longer for species that are larger, at least among endotherms, [ 23 ] or have effective defenses against predation, such as bat or bird flight, [ 24 ] arboreality, [ 25 ] chemical defenses ...
The history of the World Senior Citizen's Day dates back to 1988. It was officially founded by the former President of the United States of America, Ronald Reagan. [6] He had signed on August 19, 1988, the promulgation of 5847, [7] which appeared on 21 August as National Day of the Third Age.