- Section 1 Ageing population and policy
- Chapter 1 Demography of global ageing
- Chapter 2 Population ageing in Europe
- Chapter 3 Ageing in North America: Canada and the United States
- Chapter 4 Population ageing in South and Central America
- Chapter 5 Population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 6 Population ageing in Asia
- Chapter 7 Population ageing in Arab countries
- Chapter 8 Population ageing in Oceania
- Chapter 9 Health expectancies
- Chapter 10 Life course approach to understanding inequalities in health in later life
- Chapter 11 Implications of population ageing for societies and governments
- Chapter 12 Economic implications of population ageing
- Chapter 13 Policy options for responding to population ageing
- Section 2 Key concepts in care of older adults
- Section 3 Principles and organization of care
- Section 4 Age-related biological changes, altered physiology, and vulnerability to diseases and chronic conditions
- Section 5 Geriatric syndromes in clinical practice
- Section 6 Nutrition and metabolism
- Section 7 Mobility disorders: prevention, impact, and compensation
- Section 8 Infections in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 9 Cancer: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 10 Vascular diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 11 Neurological disorders: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 12 Cognitive decline and dementia in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 13 Mental health of older adults
- Section 14 Management of common medical conditions: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 15 Palliative medicine and end-of-life care
- Section 16 Healthy ageing
(p. 35) Population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter:
- (p. 35) Population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Author(s):
Bilkish Cassim
and Isabella Aboderin
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198701590.003.0005
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the youngest and poorest region of the world, is facing an incipient ageing of its population. Its already considerable and rising population of older adults is exposed to a triple burden of disease from persisting communicable and rising non-communicable diseases (NCDs), as well as trauma and injury, while at the same time it lacks access to requisite care. Challenges in addressing this gap include pervasive economic strain and underresourced health systems with competing priorities, as well as insufficient robust data on the patterns of ill health, disability, and care access in older age. Strategies for, and action on adapting SSA’s health and care systems to its ageing populations are urgently needed, and may be forged within the context of a World Health Organization (WHO) decade on healthy ageing 2020–2030.
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- Section 1 Ageing population and policy
- Chapter 1 Demography of global ageing
- Chapter 2 Population ageing in Europe
- Chapter 3 Ageing in North America: Canada and the United States
- Chapter 4 Population ageing in South and Central America
- Chapter 5 Population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 6 Population ageing in Asia
- Chapter 7 Population ageing in Arab countries
- Chapter 8 Population ageing in Oceania
- Chapter 9 Health expectancies
- Chapter 10 Life course approach to understanding inequalities in health in later life
- Chapter 11 Implications of population ageing for societies and governments
- Chapter 12 Economic implications of population ageing
- Chapter 13 Policy options for responding to population ageing
- Section 2 Key concepts in care of older adults
- Section 3 Principles and organization of care
- Section 4 Age-related biological changes, altered physiology, and vulnerability to diseases and chronic conditions
- Section 5 Geriatric syndromes in clinical practice
- Section 6 Nutrition and metabolism
- Section 7 Mobility disorders: prevention, impact, and compensation
- Section 8 Infections in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 9 Cancer: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 10 Vascular diseases: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 11 Neurological disorders: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 12 Cognitive decline and dementia in older adults: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 13 Mental health of older adults
- Section 14 Management of common medical conditions: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Section 15 Palliative medicine and end-of-life care
- Section 16 Healthy ageing