Organization: International Federation on Ageing
Title: Advancing Hearing, Vision, and Brain Health for Healthy Ageing
Al title (for format and translation – not permanent:
Advancing hearing, vision, and brain health for healthy ageing.
Description:
In March, in recognition of World Hearing Day, IFA will host a special edition of our monthly Global Café focused on sensory health and healthy ageing. This joint conversation will highlight the growing awareness of the interconnections between hearing health, vision health, and brain health and dementia, and their combined impact on wellbeing across the life course. IFA aims to bring together leading global voices, including leading vision, hearing and brain health organizations, for a cross-sectoral exchange.
IFA’s Global Café is a monthly gathering for participants to engage in meaningful dialogue and share insights on a range of topics related to ageing. The audience of the Global Café is typically international, and comprises representatives from civil society organizations, government, educators, industry, and academia.
As populations age worldwide, rates of vision loss, hearing loss, and dementia are rising, often occurring together and compounding functional decline, social isolation, and health system costs. This Global Café will explore intersecting comorbidities and shared risk factors, challenges in access to screening, diagnosis, care, and assistive technologies, and the growing evidence linking untreated vision and hearing loss to cognitive decline and dementia.
The discussion will also focus on identifying opportunities for joint action, including integrated policy approaches, coordinated advocacy, and collaborative interventions that promote early detection, prevention, and inclusive care. By fostering cross-sector dialogue, the Global Café aims to catalyze alignment and innovation to advance sensory health as a cornerstone of healthy ageing globally.
Primary site: GLO – _Global Effort
Region: GLO
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Types of Engagement:
Live event: Yes
Screening: Yes
Traditional media: No
Social media: Yes
Special needs populations: older adults
Met with individual policymaker: No
Participation of policy makers: Yes
Participation of influencers: No
WHO technical tool used:
WHO educational and social media used: Yes