Lopes Patricia de Oliveira, da Silva Simone Rezende, da Silva Tathianni Cristini, Fragoso Yara Dadalti, Zanesco Angelina
Postgraduate Program in Environmental Health, Universidade Metropolitana de Santos - Santos, SP, Brazil.
Dement Neuropsychol. 2021 Jul-Sep;15(3):295-298. doi: 10.1590/1980-57642021dn15-030001.
The world population is aging fast and not all cities are prepared to cope with the needs of the elderly people. Cities need to develop strategies for senior citizens including the aspects of health, nutrition, consumer protection, housing, transportation, environment, social welfare, income, employment, safety, and education. The World Health Organization (WHO) created a program dedicated to older adults called the . This program is about creating the environment and opportunities that enable older people to be and do what they value throughout their lives. Most of the elderly population lives in urban spaces, and aging represents a challenge as well as opportunities to the cities all over the world. Recently, only 16 Brazilian cities have received the seal of international certification by meeting the requirements stipulated by the WHO. In the State of Sao Paulo, only two cities have been qualified for this seal. Therefore, the aims of this article are (a) to provide a brief history of this important initiative taken by the WHO and (b) to urge the decision-makers of Brazilian municipalities to develop effective initiatives for their cities to be prepared for this demographic modification.
世界人口正在迅速老龄化，并非所有城市都做好了应对老年人需求的准备。城市需要为老年人制定策略，包括健康、营养、消费者保护、住房、交通、环境、社会福利、收入、就业、安全和教育等方面。世界卫生组织（WHO）设立了一个专门针对老年人的项目，名为“……”。该项目旨在创造环境和机会，使老年人能够在一生中成为并做他们所珍视的事情。大多数老年人口居住在城市地区，老龄化对世界各地的城市来说既是挑战也是机遇。最近，只有16个巴西城市通过满足WHO规定的要求获得了国际认证印章。在圣保罗州，只有两个城市符合此印章的资格。因此，本文的目的是（a）简要介绍WHO采取的这一重要举措的历史，以及（b）敦促巴西各市的决策者为其城市制定有效举措，以应对这一人口结构变化。
