WHO Hosts Panel Discussion on on Ageing and Health for World Health Day 2012

In observance of World Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) held a panel discussion at UN Headquarters to address public health challenges associated with ageing populations and strategies to address them.
Simin Nikbin Meydani (second from left), Director, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Ageing, Tufts University, presenting on the topic of "Nutrition policies for healthy ageing". Also pictured, from the left: WHO Communications Officer Angela Spraggins; Linda I. Gibbs, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, NYC; Jacob Kumaresan, Executive Director, WHO Office at the UN; Mateo Estreme, Deputy Permanent Representative of Argentina to the UN; and Jessica Frank Lopez, Chair, United Nations NGO Committee on Ageing.