International calls and frameworks for policies on ageing in sub-Saharan African countries,
encapsulated in the UN Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing (2002) and the African Union …

As a consequence of the iterative combination of fertility and mortality declines, the South
African population's age structure has begun to experience significant ageing, whereby a …

The world including Africa has witnessed tremendous changes in the understanding of
aging issues since the First World Assembly on Ageing in Vienna in 1992. While the framers …

Contemporary social gerontology continues to be dominated by empirical and theoretical
contributions focusing on Western industrialized societies, particularly Europe and the …

In contrast to all other parts of the globe, issues of ageing thus far attract little, if any, attention
in public and policy discourses in Africa. A major reason for this is the radically different …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to discuss trends in demographic ageing in West
Africa and asks the question of what policy challenges are posed by the increasing …

Population aging will become perhaps the most important demographic dynamic affecting
families and societies throughout the world in the coming decades. Nearly 63 percent of the …

In recent decades, population ageing has become a global area of concern, culminating in
two World Assemblies on Ageing: the 1982 Vienna and 2002 Madrid conventions (UN …

Life expectancy is increasing globally, with the biggest gains expected in sub-Saharan
Africa. Using an online survey, we investigated the perspectives of gerontology scholars on …

DI McINTYRE1 a The aim of this chapter is to consider health policy issues, with particular
focus on health sector reforms, in relation to the likely impact of these policies on older …