UN AGENDA 2030: ADULT VACCINATIONS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH INTEREST FOR HEALTHY AGEING

The United Nations adopted a 15 year Sustainable Development Agenda for 2016–2030 (Agenda 2030). The prior agenda, known as the Millennium Development Goals, made no reference to older persons, however a Stakeholder Group on Ageing advocated so that Agenda 2030 has an overarching principle of “leaving no one behind.” There are 17 Goals and 169 Targets and accompanying indicators that contain specific and implied references to older persons. Specific attention will be given to Goal 3 of Agenda 2030-”to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.” The implementation of one of its targets such as “Achieve universal health coverage...access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable, essential medicines and vaccines for all” provides a global opportunity to develop and seek ways to promote healthy ageing including adult vaccinations. Research has shown that adult immunizations can drive healthy ageing initiatives however obstacles still remain to successful implementation. This poster presents the opportunities and strategies to convince policymakers to adopt a lifecourse approach to healthy ageing including adult immunizations. The Stakeholder Group on Ageing members from across the globe will identify programmes to influence policies on ways to promote healthy ageing and reablement in this poster.