This document summarizes a webinar on learnings from COVID-19 for health ecosystems in an aging world. The webinar discussed how COVID-19 has shown that health systems are unprepared for pandemic diseases and the growing burden of preventable conditions in older adults. Current approaches to disease prevention are often ageist. If issues are not addressed, the economic and health costs of failing to prioritize prevention across the lifespan will continue to rise substantially. Recommendations included doubling prevention efforts, strengthening primary care for all ages, and redefining societal views of the value of adult health interventions.

1. A canary in the coal mine –
Learnings from COVID-19 for
health ecosystems in an ageing
world
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2. Welcome and
introduction from Chair
David Sinclair, Director, ILC
@sinclairda
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3. Antonio J. Trujillo PhD
MPP
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health
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4. Lily Parsey
Global Policy and Influencing Manager, ILC
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5. What COVID-19 is showing us
• We’re not prepared
• The burden of preventable diseases is growing, putting more of us
at risk
• Our approach to prevention is ageist
• The cost of failing to act is high
• We need to learn from this
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6. The burden of disease is growing
27.1 million years
lived with disability due to largely preventable age-related conditions
in 2017 in better off countries.
We project this number to increase by 17% over the next 25
years.
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7. Yet still…
• WHO guideline for adult immunisation uptake in member
countries: 75%
• WHO guideline for childhood immunisation uptake in
member countries: 90%
“I think primary care works really well for kids, we’ve got it
ingrained in our heads to go take our kids to the GP but I just don’ t
think it’s working in an adult space.”

8. And it shows

9. In an ageing world, prevention needs to be
a priority across the life course

10. The cost of failing to act is too high
653 billion USD
yearly productive loss as a result of largely preventable age-related
non-communicable and communicable diseases

11. The cost of failing to act is too high
In the UK, about 1 million
people aged 50-64 are “involuntarily
workless” as a result of health and care
needs or caring responsibilities.

12. The cost of failing to act is too high

13. We’ve spoken to people across the world

14. But we need to put our money where our
mouth is

15. Recommendations

16. And right now…
We need to double up efforts and be proactive to make
sure we leave no one behind.

17. Get in touch
Lily Parsey
Global Policy and Influencing Manager, ILC
@LilyParsey @ilcuk
LilyParsey@ilcuk.org.uk
preventionageingworld.org/
#PreventionAgeingWorld
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18. Jisella Dolan
Chief Global Advocacy Officer,
Home Instead Senior Care
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19. Michael Hodin
CEO, Global Coalition on Aging
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20. Q&A
Please submit your questions to panellists via
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21. Closing remarks
David Sinclair, Director, ILC
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22. Future of Ageing 2020:
Together for tomorrow – Delivering a
better society for all generations
Date: Thursday, 3 December 2020
Time: 9.00am (for 9.30am) - 5.30pm
Location: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston
Road, NW1 2BE
Make the most of our early bird rate.
Register at: futureofageing.org.uk
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23. RELEASEDTODAY!
GCOA/AFAR Reporton Adult Vaccinations
GCOA is the official partner ofthe first-ever ICTs andOlder Persons track at the World Summit
on the Information Society 2020,focusing on the role of technology in our 21st-century aging
society. WSISisorganizedbyITU,UNESCO,UNDPandUNCTAD.
June 22-September10,2020
Download fromwww.globalcoalitiononaging.com
On July23, GCOA willlaunch the third
Dementia Innovation Readiness Index.
The 2020 Index takes aclose look at 30 cities
around the globe andscores their performance
on readiness to address dementia.

24. Putting adult Immunization on the agenda:
Part of a comprehensive COVID-19 strategy for older adults
Technical
consensus
An organized
global effort
Political Will
Strengthened or
redesigned
primary
healthcare
platforms
support to
identify, prioritize
and fill key
evidence gaps
Redefined
intergenerational
value of adult
immunization
Person centered
innovation
Roadmap
for Action
International Council on Adult Immunization
2020

25. Keep in touch
https://ilcuk.org.uk/
https://www.jhsph.edu/ivac/
https://globalcoalitiononaging.com/
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