ASEAN Health Cooperation

Initiatives on the Promotion of

Healthy and Active Ageing

Experts Group Meeting on the

Proposed Regional Action Plan to Implement the

Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Ageing:

Empowering Older Persons in ASEAN

Presented by:

Health Division | ASEAN Secretariat

The ASCC Blueprint comprises 5 Characteristics, with 18 Key

Result Areas and corresponding 109 Strategic Measures

5 CHARACTERISTICS

A. Engages and benefits the people

B. Inclusive

C. Sustainable

D. Resilient

E. Dynamic

18KEY RESULT

AREAS

109STRATEGIC MEASURES

42 Strategic Measures are Health-related

ASEAN Health Cooperation’s

Promotion of Healthy and Active

Ageing initiatives guided by

Characteristic: Inclusive

Strategic Objective:

An inclusive community that

promotes high-quality of life,

equitable access to opportunities for

all and promotes and protects human

rights of ... the elderly/older persons

(among others).

Key result areas:

➢ Reducing barriers

➢ Equitable access for all

➢ Promotion and protection of

human rights

ASEAN Health Cooperation’s

Promotion of Healthy and Active

Ageing initiatives articulated via

Vision

“A healthy, caring and sustainable

ASEAN Community”

Mission

“To promote a healthy and caring

ASEAN Community, where the people

achieves maximal health potential

through healthy lifestyle, have

universal access to quality health care

and financial risk protection; have safe

food and healthy diet, live in a healthy

environment with sustainable

inclusive development where

health is incorporated in all policies.”

5

ASEAN Post-2015 Health Development

Agenda (APHDA): Alignment and

Complementarity

Vision and Mission

Goals and Strategies

Clusters and Health

Priorities

Cluster Work Programs

Governance and

Implementation Mechanism

APHDA 2016-2020 ASEAN

Vision,

Mission,

Blueprint

SDG 2030

6

APHDA 2016-2020 and

Promotion of Healthy and Active Ageing

Work Programmes2016 to 2020

30 Project Activities

41 Project Activities

18 Project Activities

15 Project Activities

104 Project Activities

Four initiatives on Healthy and Active

Ageing

ASEAN Health Sector initiatives

on the Promotion on Healthy and

Active Ageing, 2011-2015

➢ B.4. Access to Healthcare and Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles of the

ASEAN Strategic Framework on Health Development 2011-2015

➢ Bandar Seri Begawan Declaration on Non-communicable Diseases in

ASEAN, 23rd ASEAN Summit, October 2013

➢ Work Plans 2011-2015 of subsidiary bodies of ASEAN Health Cooperation:

• ASEAN Task Force on Non-communicable Diseases (ATFNCD)

• ASEAN Focal Points on Tobacco Control (AFPTC)

• ASEAN Task Force on Mental Health (AMT)

➢ ASEAN Plus Three Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Network

ASEAN Health Sector initiatives

on the Promotion on Healthy and

Active Ageing, 2011-2015

➢ Events that reinforced critical discussions on health and active ageing

issues and informed priorities for 2016-2020:

• ‘Responding to Ageing: International Exchange on Policies and Actions’, a

side event on ageing, 12th AHMM, 17 Sept 2014, Viet Nam

• ASEAN Republic of Korea Regional Conference on Community-based

Services for Older Persons, 26-29 May 2015, Cambodia

• Second ASEAN Japan Active Ageing Regional Conference, 3-5 August

2015, Thailand

ASEAN Health Cluster 1 and

Promotion of Healthy and Active Ageing

Goals of

ASEAN Health

Cluster 1

➢ To achieve health potential of ASEAN Community

through promoting healthy lifestyle

➢ To ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at

all ages

Programme

Strategies of

Health Priority

6: Promotion of

Healthy and

Active Ageing

➢ Promote healthy and active ageing through integration

of elderly health programmes with non-communicable

diseases and mental health

➢ Empower the elderly to maintain their ability to

participate in family and community activities

➢ Promote greater inclusion of active ageing in national

policies and action plans, including active employment

policies, social protection, welfare and healthcare, as

well as mainstreaming those policies and action plans

across government sectors, adapted to national

priorities

Project activities under

Promotion of Healthy and Active Ageing

Activities Lead Status

Develop active ageing IEC messages Brunei

Darussalam

On-going

Develop guideline on the integration of elderly

health programme with NCD and mental health

Viet Nam On-going

Conduct study by external party on assessment of

elderly-friendly community in ASEAN Member

States

Viet Nam On-going

Conduct inter-health cluster and ASEAN inter-pillar

meeting to identify areas of convergence in

support of promotion of healthy lifestyle and active

ageing

[Expected output: Establishment of ASEAN Centre

for Active Ageing and Innovation/ACAI]

Thailand On-going

ASEAN Centre for

Active Ageing and Innovation [ACAI]

Purpose of

the Centre

To generate knowledge and innovation, which support active

ageing policies and their implementation, strengthen capacity

and facilitate collaboration among Member States,

international entities and other partners in achieving active

ageing in ASEAN

Mission ➢ Serve as a knowledge centre on active ageing and

innovation;

➢ Support evidence-informed policies, strategies and

guideline on active ageing;

➢ Implement capacity development programme in support of

active ageing;

➢ Conduct research and development and innovation which

support active ageing; and,

➢ Support the monitoring of progress of active ageing in

ASEAN

Health Priority Programme strategies Status

Prevention and

control of NCD (under

AHC 1)

• Increase the capacity of health workers at

primary health service on integrated

prevention programme for NCD, tobacco

and alcohol, ageing, malnutrition,

insufficient physical activity and poor

mental health

On-going

Health Priorities

under ASEAN Health

Cluster 1

• Most programme strategies taking into

account the goal of ASEAN Health Cluster

1: To ensure healthy lives and promote

well-being for all at all ages.

On-going

Strategies and initiatives of other

ASEAN Health Clusters and Health Priorities

that support healthy and active ageing

Strategies and initiatives of other

ASEAN Health Clusters and Health Priorities

that support healthy and active ageing

Health Priority Programme strategies Status

Universal Health

Coverage (under AHC

3 on Strengthening

Healthy Systems and

Access to Care)

• Promote improved access to safe,

affordable and appropriate services,

technology, essential drugs and vaccines,

traditional and complementary medicines

• Advocate for appropriate levels of health

resources, including human resources for

health and health financing

• Enhance communication, knowledge

management, including research and

development and innovations

.. in thematic areas of Access and

Affordability; Availability and Quality of

Care; Services for Special Population

On-going

Health-led and -related

commitments and initiatives that reinforce

Healthy and Active Ageing priorities

➢ ASEAN Plus Three Health Cooperation

• Identified active ageing as one of collaborative areas

• Committed to take action on the global strategy and action plan on ageing

and health 2016-2020

• Committed to stress the importance of community-based integrated care

and functional recovery care of elderly people.

➢ ASEAN-Japan Health Ministers Meeting, July 2017, Tokyo

• Made commitments on concerns related to population ageing, governance,

health financing and service delivery

• Agreed to develop ASEAN-Japan UHC Initiative, focusing population ageing

in line with existing initiatives including APT UHC Network

• Explore future collaborative forums or mechanisms towards sustainable

UHC and addressing healthy and active ageing

Health-led and -related

commitments and initiatives that reinforce

healthy and active ageing priorities

➢ ASEAN-Japan UHC Initiative (with focus on population ageing), with two

objectives:

• Build and promote quality health data and research systems for sustainable

UHC

• Develop human resources, and share knowledge for health systems

strengthening toward UHC.

ASEAN Health Cooperation

Initiatives on the Promotion of

Healthy and Active Ageing

Experts Group Meeting on the

Proposed Regional Action Plan to Implement the

Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Ageing:

Empowering Older Persons in ASEAN

Presented by:

Health Division | ASEAN Secretariat