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Welcome to the Program on the
Global Demography of Aging (PGDA)
The Program on the Global Demography of Aging (PGDA),
led by David E. Bloom, chair of the Department of Population and
International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, received
funding from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes
of Health to carry out research on important themes related to global
aging and health, with an emphasis on issues in the developing world. A key overarching theme
focuses the expertise available at various schools at Harvard toward
one of the pressing health questions of global aging, namely understanding
the changing patterns of adult morbidity and mortality, including
their measurements and causes, demographic and economic implications,
and policies and programs for addressing and mitigating such implications.
The output of the program is in the form of research
seminars, working papers, publications, workshops and research proposals.
The Program for the Global Demography of Aging provides support for
research on demographic change and aging throughout the world, with
a particular focus on developing countries. An important component
of this research is the role of burden of disability and disease
in aging, particularly the measurement of this burden, as well as
analyzing its causes and consequences. PGDA supports existing program
of research at Harvard University as well as encourages the development
of new research and is a component of a wider university initiative
on Global Health.
PGDA’s research focuses on three main themes:
Related Websites
• Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH)
• Harvard School of Public Health
• Harvard University |
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