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Ageing in Africa
Author(s)Nana Apt
Corporate AuthorAgeing and Health Programme, World Health Organization - WHO
PublisherWHO, Geneva, 1997
Pages17 pp (excluding appendices)
SourceAgeing and Health Programme, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
KeywordsAgeing process ; Demography ; Economics ; Married couples ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Africa.
AnnotationThis document describes the demographic, economic, social and cultural contexts in which the people of Africa experience ageing. It examines the emerging patterns of attitudes and behaviours relative to older people. The report contrasts the modern experience of ageing in Africa with the traditional experience within the framework of African value systems, which acknowledge the place and role of elderly people in the social environment.
Accession NumberCPA-971217201 P
ClassmarkBG: S8: W: SM: TOB: 7J *

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