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A Demographic and Cultural Shift: A Commentary on Aging in India

By: Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies and Member of Giving Pledge
June 01, 2025

In 2025, India had the largest population of young people of any country in the world. Within a couple of decades, it will have the largest cohort of people age 60+. This will not be just a demographic transition; it will also mark a seismic cultural shift — and India will need to find ways to manage the coming change.

Beyond the Absence of Disease: In Pursuit of Healthspan

By: John R. Beard, Irene Diamond Professor of Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management, Director, International Longevity Center – USA
June 01, 2025

So far, much of geroscience has focused on linking age-related processes to lifespan — how long people live. But the outcome of greater importance to most people is the quality of these years.

Increased Longevity Is a Great Success. The Next Frontier Is Policies for Healthy, Prosperous, and Dignified Living

By: Mamta Murthi, Vice President for People, World Bank
June 01, 2025

As families shrink, migrate, and take on work, they are less able to provide care for aging relatives. This creates the need for new policies to address the growing demands of older adults.

INECO Foundation: Going Global from South America in Neurosciences and Brain Health

By: Facundo Manes, Founding Director, INECO Foundation for Research in Cognitive Neuroscience and Institute of Neurosciences, Favaloro University Argentina
June 01, 2025

The institute’s work has led to the development of cognitive assessment tools that are now used globally. Importantly, these tools reflect local cultural contexts, highlighting the need for data collection methods and cognitive assessments tailored to regions outside the USA and Europe.

Innovative Framework for Brain Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Living Lab Approach

By: Falak Madhani, Karen Blackmon, Edna N. Bosire, Zul Merali, Brain and Mind Institute
June 01, 2025

The Aga Khan University Brain and Mind Institute (BMI) has deployed a Living Lab approach to address brain health across multiple communities with unique cultural and socioeconomic characteristics in East Africa and South Asia.

Population Aging is One of Three Great Waves of Change on the Global Economic Horizon

By: Alan Murray, Founding President, WSJ Leadership Institute
June 01, 2025

In total, the global economic power of the over-50 group, already $35 trillion today, will grow to $95 trillion by 2050. No one can afford to ignore numbers like that.

The Decade of Healthy Aging in the Americas: Progress and Challenges During the First Three Years of Implementation

By: Lou Valdez, Deputy Director, Pan American Health Organization
June 01, 2025

In the Region of the Americas, the aging process is uneven demographically, resulting in a fast-growing older population, especially in low- and middle-income countries. It is vital to take advantage of the “window of demographic opportunity” to foster actions and target interventions to ensure long and healthy lives for all.

The New Longevity: The World’s Opportunity

By: Bill Drayton and Maria Clara Pinheiro, Ashoka
June 01, 2025

In a world of rapid change and increasing interconnection, older people, like everyone else, must be welcomed as changemakers. If their desire to contribute is not embraced, they risk losing the opportunity to participate and becoming more marginalized and isolated.

What’s Working: Taking Action Together to Address Global Health and Economic Challenges

By: Chelsea Clinton Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
June 01, 2025

Our model and ethos bring together leaders from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to drive progress around our shared challenges through Commitments to Action — measurable, replicable projects that effect change on a local, national, or global scale.

Achieving Equitable Healthy Aging in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Aging Readiness & Competitiveness Report 4.0

By: Zul Merali and Olivera Nesic-Taylor
August 31, 2023

Another unique aspect of aging in Africa is that the current Sub-Saharan population is remarkably young and is projected to remain so over the next few decades. Given the numerous needs of Africa’s children and youth, it is not surprising that issues of the older population receive limited attention.

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