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WHAT'S NEXT?: Between 2000 and 2050, the proportion of the world's population aged over 60 will double from about 11 per cent to 22 per cent.

[New] Data collection for Vascular Aging began in 2019 and should reach completion in 2024.
[New] More than seven million Ugandan women of reproductive age are at risk of developing cervical cancer, that every year about 3,600 women are diagnosed with it, and that almost 2,500 die.
[New] The Indian population standing presently at 1.38 billion is likely to be 1.50 billion by 2030; more than 50% below the age of 25 and 65% below the age of 35, with the average age being 29-31 years.
[New] Under Biden's plan, families could get back as a tax credit as much as half of their spending on child care for children under age 13, up to $4,000 for a single child and $8,000 for two or more children.
[New] By 2050 there will be more than 438 million people in China over the age of 65 and one in five people will be over the age of 80.
[New] The fast-food giant has set a goal increase representation of historically underrepresented groups in leadership roles - senior director and above - in the U.S. from 29% to 35% by the end of 2025.
[New] 2.4 billion people currently do not have Internet access in Asia, where the number of seniors is forecast to double to 800 million in 20 years' time.
[New] McDonald's plans to increase representation of underrepresented groups in roles at the senior director level and above from 29% in 2020 to 35% by the end of 2025.
[New] Around one in 15 Australians over the age of 65 have dementia, and the risk of developing some form of dementia increases significantly once people enter their 70s and 80s.
[New] McDonald's the burger chain said that it aimed to boost women in leadership roles, senior director and above, from 37% to 45% globally by the end of 2025.
[New] Even as half of India's population is under the age of 60, population projections suggest that by 2050, one in five Indians will be over the age of 60, as compared to the current figure of one in 12.
[New] Of all the vaccines to be shipped to Latvia in the near future, about 57,000 doses will be used for immunization of senior residents.
[New] Because pregnancy may influence a drug's effects, IMPAACT 2032 will compare remdesivir use in pregnant and non-pregnant women of reproductive age who are hospitalized with COVID-19.
[New] The Federal Government will distribute vaccinations for residents and staff in aged care and disability facilities in South Australia.
[New] People living in southern, eastern, central, and northern China, subjects with cardiorespiratory diseases, females, the elderly, and people with lower educational levels will suffer more adverse effects from future high temperatures in China.
[New] More than half of the world's refugee populations are children (below the age of 18) and many will spend their entire childhoods in countries of asylum.
[New] Most of the states that are vaccinating people ages 16 to 64 with certain comorbidities are defining the eligible conditions by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on which conditions are associated with an increased risk for severe illness from Covid-19 infection.
[New] Whilst the number of women in leadership roles is expected to rise to 31% by 2030, we are far off from having an equal gender split in senior roles.
[New] About 400,000 children under the age of five are in danger of dying of acute malnutrition in war-torn and impoverished Yemen.
The top four priority groups in England - people aged 70 and over, care home residents and staff, health and care workers and clinically extremely vulnerable patients - have now been offered the opportunity to be vaccinated.
A growing number of people with neurodegenerative diseases, due to population aging, will mean that in the coming decades, humanity might face a bona fide Parkinson's disease pandemic.

Last updated: 24 February 2021

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