The book covers the fundamentals of global aging and health and provides real-world models from countries and regions that offer the best practices in current approaches. Global Health and Global Aging presents information about leadership and governance challenges as well as insights about aging in different cultures and countries in all regions of the world.

About the AARP Foundation viiiForeword xRobert N. Butler, M.D.Preface xiMary RobinsonThe Editors xvContributors xviPART ONE: THE WORLD AND ITS AGING POPULATION1. World Policies on Aging and the United Nations 3Alexandre Sidorenko2. Population Aging: A Global Overview 15Mary Beth Weinberger3. The World Health Organization and Global Aging 31Alex Kalache4. Leadership and Governance Challenges for Global Health andAging 47Derek Yach5. Perception of Aging in Different Cultures 58Frank E. EyetsemitanPART TWO: COUNTRIES WITH HIGH RATES OF LONGEVITY6. Healthy Aging in Denmark? 71Bjarne Hastrup7. Challenges of Longevity in France: The InternationalLongevity Centre-France Perspective 85Francoise Forette and Marie-Anne Brieu8. Healthy Aging in Finland 96Pekka Puska9. Healthy Aging in Germany 106Ulla Schmidt10. Healthy Aging from Seventy to Over One Hundred in Germany:Lessons from the Berlin Aging Study 118Jacqui Smith and Paul B. Baltes11. Challenges of Productive Aging in Japan 128Shigeo Morioka12. Healthy Aging in the Netherlands 140C.I.J.M. Ross-van Dorp13. Aging in Spain: Working Toward Creating New Rights in theWelfare State 149Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero14. Health and Aging in Sweden 157Barbro Westerholm15. Aging in the United Kingdom 168Sally Greengross16. Healthy Aging in the United States 177Jeanette C. TakamuraPART THREE: COUNTRIES FACING RAPID POPULATION AGING IN THENEXT TWENTY TO THIRTY YEARS17. Health and Aging in Africa 187Nana Araba Apt18. Aging of Populations: Is China's Pattern Unique?197Lincoln Chen and Lingling Zhang19. Health and Aging in India 208Sharad D. Gokhale20. Health and Aging in the Eastern Mediterranean Region215Mohamed H. El-Banouby21. Health and Aging in Russia 226Vladimir Kh. Khavinson and Olga N. Mikhailova22. Health and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean238Enrique VegaPART FOUR: LEADERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVEPROGRAMS23. The Biology of Aging: Current Research and Expected FutureGains 249George M. Martin and Joshua Lederberg24. Exceptional Longevity 257Thomas Perls and Dellara F. Terry25. Cities, Sociodiversity, and Strategy 275Jaime Lerner26. Creating a Healthy Environment for Aging Populations281Gloria M. Gutman27. How Government, Business, and Social Sector Partnerships CanFinance Programs for the Aging 292A. James Forbes, Jr.28. Policies and Practices Affecting Health and Longevity ofPeople with Disabilities: Lessons from the United Kingdom 300Hector Medora and Angela Hassiotis29. Keeping People Active: Continuing Education Programs thatWork 313Julia Preece and Brian Findsen30. Longevity's Impact on Retirement Security 323C. Robert Henrikson31. Improving Health Care in America: Lessons Learned from theGlobal Village 337William D. NovelliPART FIVE: EPILOGUE: THE ROAD AHEAD32. Epilogue: The Road Ahead 351Erik Olsen