
Yongjie Yon (also on Blue Sky)
@geronews
Technical Officer on #Ageing @WHO_Europe | Gerontologist, Researcher, Policy Analyst, Advocate for the Rights of Older Persons | Personal views/opinions
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https://www.who.int/europe/health-topics/ageing#tab=tab_1 05-07-2012 07:49:15
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👏🏻Thank you to everyone who joined the WHO/Europe’s Ageing is Living strategy session at the #AgeFriendlyFutures Summit in Greater Manchester 🌱This marks an important starting point to engage local & regional authorities across Europe on #HealthyAgeing




📢#HRC58 adopted resolution A/HRC/58/L.24: create an Intergovernmental working group to draft an international legally binding instrument on older people's rights. Advocates, supporters, THANK YOU! #AgeWithRights Global Alliance NGO Ageing Geneva UN For Ageing UN Human Rights Council UN Human Rights UN For Ageing




Great to speak at the #EUPHW2025 together w Prof. Dr. Toker Ergüder hosted by İzmir 🇹🇷 on ageing & multimorbidity We proudly welcomed İzmir into the WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities! Local action & strong NCD prevention are 🔑 #AgeingIsLiving #HealthyAgeing #AgeFriendly




📢 Calling all civil society, youth networks & community voices across Europe! Join us on 27 May to help shape the new WHO/Europe #AgeingIsLiving Strategy—ensuring healthy ageing is driven by the people, for the people. 🗣️ 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3ZbDKYD



How Exhausted Caregivers Can Regain Momentum aarp.org/caregiving/lif… by Barry J Jacobs #Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth




Pleased to speak at the #ECOO Healthy Ageing Workshop 👁️Vision and eye health are essential to autonomy and healthy ageing—eye care must be part of public health strategies The upcoming WHO/Europe’s Ageing is Living calls for a shift from disease to functional ability.


Pleased to join the Mutual Learning Visit in Skopje 🇲🇰 with researchers from across the Western Balkans to advance #AgeFriendly cities and communities. Local insight is key as we shape the WHO/Europe’s European Strategy on Ageing
