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... Finally, the achievement of healthy longevity for all will require the resolution of health disparities at every age. The commission's recommendations comprise levers for change within and across work and education; social engagement; and investment in transforming social protections, the physical environment, and health systems.
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... The commission also offers two enabling recommendations that would catalyze action: a call to action and data to measure healthy longevity.
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... FIGURE 7-2 Relevant actors for an all-of-society approach to healthy longevity.
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... Governments can lead by recognizing that humanity has an opportunity now to plan and prepare for the demographic shifts toward longer life expectancy and a larger proportion of older people. Specifically, governments can commit to enabling healthy longevity, creating a vision and agenda that explain how long lives are beneficial for all ages; communicating the value older people can bring; and building the necessary systems, environments, and opportunities.


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