Dear Executives in the Ministry of Health of
Asia, Australia, and New Zealand
We are delighted to introduce the Asia
Pacific Conference on Anti-Aging Medicine, which will be
held on 7-9 September 2007 at Nusa Dua Beach Hotel, Nusa
Dua Resort - Bali. This conference is held in strategic
collaboration between the pioneer and leader organization
A4M (American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine), The Center for
Study of Anti-Aging Medicine (CSAAM), and Faculty of Medicine, Udayana
University - Bali. And supported by Prominent Anti-Aging Medicine
Societies worldwide: Europe,
Australia, Malaysia,
Japan, Korea,
South Africa.
"Population ageing is unprecedented, without
parallel in the history of humanity. By 2050, the number of older
persons in the world will exceed the number of young for the first
time in history. There will be some 2 billion older persons, a tripling
of this age group in a span of 50 years. The health of older persons
typically deteriorates with increasing age, inducing greater demand
for long-term care ... While global aging represents a triumph
of medical, social, and economic advances over disease, it also
presents tremendous challenges. "Population aging strains social
insurance and pension systems and challenges existing models of
social support. It affects economic growth, trade, migration, disease
patterns and prevalence, and fundamental assumptions about growing
older.
While the world has successfully learned to
live longer, this longevity presents many new challenges that will
require cooperative planning by the world's nations. In the next
10 to 15 years, the loss of health and life in every region of the
world, will be greater from noncommunicable or chronic diseases,
such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, than from infectious
and parasitic diseases. This has served as an impetus for change
of the current medical care. [* Why Population Aging Matters:
A Global Perspective, which was presented March 15, 2007 at the
Summit on Global Aging, hosted by the U.S. State Department in collaboration
with the National Institute on Aging.]
"Some governments have begun to
plan for the long term, but most have not. The window of opportunity
for reform is closing fast as the pace of population aging accelerates....
In some countries the share of gross domestic product devoted to
social insurance for older people is expected to more than double
in upcoming years. Countries therefore have only a few years to
intensify efforts before demographic effects come to bear."
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The Asia Pacific Conference on Anti-Aging
Medicine is an effort from the associated societies towards
improving the current medical care to extend “health-span”
instead of the mere “life-span”. The
objective of achieving extended health-span is to reduce the socio-economic
burden from the deterioration of health of those elder population.
Anti-Aging Medicine physicians and scientists are convinced that
with application of advanced sound, responsible, scientific biomedical
and regenerative technologies, enable an early detection, prevention,
treatment, and reversal of age-related dysfunction, disorders and
diseases.
For the purpose of knowledge and information sharing
and better preparation to welcome the era of global aging, participation
of Health/Medical Professionals, Goverments, Institutions from each
country is strongly encouraged. We believe the current health care
system should be equipped with the revolutionary medical approach
in order to face the challenges of global aging.
The associated anti-aging medicine societies are
constantly striving to bring better health for the world. The support
from the Ministry of Health (especially in Asian countries and Australia
– in this context) would be invaluable to accelerate the positive
impact of this new medical approach.
We thank you for your support in diseminating this
information to the specific relevant parties. Please find the important
links related to the Asia Pacific Conference on Anti-Aging Medicine
program di Bali 7-9 September 2007 at the end of this email.
Should you have any other inquiry, please contact
the Conference Secretariat at info@asiaantiaging.net.
We look forward to gather with you in Bali this September!
Sincerely,
Robert M. Goldman MD, PhD, DO, FAASP
Chairman-A4M/International Medical Commission
1510 West Montana Street
Chicago, Illinois 60614 USA
Phone: 1-773-528-1000
Fax: 1-773-528-1043
Email: Bgoldman@worldhealth.net
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