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Old age, poverty and the chronic disease epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean [1]

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The human population of our planet is aging. According to UN projections, by the middle of this century, the number of elderly people in the world will exceed the number of young people – for the first time in history. This trend started during the last half of the 20th century. Yet policy-makers are only now becoming aware of the gravity of the implications for developing countries of the rapid pace at which our populations are ageing.
Issue: 
Volume 51 | Issue 4 [2]
Author: 
Vega Enrique [3]
Peláez Martha [4]
Attachment: 
article_478_en.pdf [5]
Keywords: 
eldery, health insurance, poverty, poor quality of medical care, geriatricians
Section: 
Diabetes in Society [6]
Theme: 
Healthcare costs [7]
Health organizations [8]
Diabetes treatment > Access and supply [9]
National diabetes programmes [10]
People with diabetes [11]
Prevention and screening [12]
Type 1 diabetes [13]
Type 2 diabetes [14]
Developing countries [15]
Source URL: http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/old-age-poverty-and-the-chronic-disease-epidemic-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean

Links:
[1] http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/old-age-poverty-and-the-chronic-disease-epidemic-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean
[2] http://www.idf.org/issues/06/12/01/volume-51-issue-4
[3] http://www.idf.org/authors/428/vega-enrique
[4] http://www.idf.org/authors/427/pelaez-martha
[5] http://www.idf.org/sites/default/files/attachments/article_478_en.pdf
[6] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/25
[7] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/161
[8] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/160
[9] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/157
[10] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/156
[11] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/177
[12] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/176
[13] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/172
[14] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/153
[15] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/170