Global Health Lab: Welfare State, Sustainable In An Ageing Population?
Global Health Lab: Welfare State, Sustainable In An Ageing Population? by LSHTM
These views came out of the Global Health Lab symposium entitled: "Is the welfare state sustainable with an ageing society?" hosted by Professor Martin McKee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Dr Richard Horton, Editor of the Lancet.The experts presenting data to the meeting - Professor Athina Vlachantoni from Centre for Research on Ageing at Southampton University, Astrid Walker Bourne of HelpAge International and Professor Peter Lloyd-Sherlock from the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia - explained to Peter Goodwin why there is an urgent need to prioritise the welfare of older citizens.
