#SocialHealth can no longer be ignored as an essential component of health and well-being – including for older people.

On this #FriendshipDay, learn more with the WHO Commission on Social Connection:

🔗 bit.ly/who-csc-report

#PowerOfConnection

There are diverse drivers of social isolation and loneliness, but many of them are experienced more by older people ⬇️

For example, older people have unique experiences of marginalisation caused by #ageism.

Similarly, some life transitions like retirement are mostly experienced by older people.

Social isolation and #loneliness harm health – across all ages.

Around 1 in 6 people worldwide are lonely, with latest data showing that younger people are the most affected.

However, older people experience more social isolation – up to 1 in 3.

#FriendshipDay

2️⃣ Making Older Women Count in the SDGs

🗓️ 17 July (Thu)
⏰ 13:00–14:30 EST

ℹ️ Sponsored by HelpAge International, Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality, UN Inter-Agency Group on Ageing, El Salvador, Japan

🔗 Register here: www.decadeofhealthyageing.org/find-knowle...

1️⃣ The Intersectionality of Ageism & Sexism: Harnessing the Power of Older Women

🗓️ 16 July (Wed)
⏰ 13:15–14:30 EST

ℹ️ Organised by ILC Canada and HelpAge Canada.

🔗 Register here: www.decadeofhealthyageing.org/find-knowle...

This #WorldHealthDay, and on every other day, let's work towards a world where ALL people can be and do what they value – throughout their whole lives.

Because that's good health.

That's #HealthForAll.

And that's #HealthyAgeing! 🙌

/15

So if we're thinking about #HopefulFutures, let's make sure we don't stop at ensuring mothers and babies have a great beginning.

Let's set up the health and care systems and broader environments needed to support all mothers and babies to live a long and fulfilled life.

/14

So let's bring it all back to what this year's #WorldHealthDay is about – the health of mothers and babies.

#HealthyAgeing isn't just about current generations of older people. It's also about making sure future generations can enjoy the benefits of longer lives, too.

/13

That's what we mean when we say the @UNDecadeAgeing is our opportunity to foster #HealthyAgeing – for everyone.

Because what matters is not just the number of years we live, but the quality of those years. And together, we can make every year count.

#WorldHealthDay

/12

So how does this all link to #HealthyAgeing?

It's not that far of a leap. Healthy ageing also means being enabled to be and do what we value – no matter what our age.

It means not just adding years to life, but #AddingLifeToYears.

And it's fundamental to #HealthForAll.

/11

When our wider physical and social environments support us, we can all realise our full potential according to our own needs and wishes – including when we're living with a condition.

Now that's good health!

#WorldHealthDay

/10

For example, is accessible transport available to take you to the doctor or your loved ones?

Are assistive products like hearing aids affordable and normalised?

Are your fundamental rights to live free from discrimination protected?

These environmental factors all add up.

/9

3️⃣ Health is shaped by our environments

What takes us from the absence of disease to broader well-being is supportive environments.

Our physical and social contexts are major shapers of whether we're enabled or held back from being and doing what we value.

#WorldHealthDay

/8