Workshop Report on Best Practices for Healthy and Active Ageing Initiatives

Population ageing is a global health issue, and it transcends across all economies irrespective of their income status. Reasons for this varies, including declining fertility rates and increasing longevity which increases the number of older adults worldwide. As such, it is imperative that economies are able to prepare for this demographic change, as without appropriate policy responses, population ageing will pose a formidable challenge for potential growth and public finances, especially among many economies globally. This situation is more dire in many APEC economies, as the ageing population has been growing over the years (Table 1).