Summary
This 2024 consensus report from the Global Healthspan Summit 2023 convenes leading researchers and policy stakeholders to establish recommendations for reorienting global health systems toward functional healthspan rather than lifespan extension alone. The authors argue that closing the healthspan–lifespan gap requires integrated, prevention-focused policy action addressing social determinants outside conventional disease-centric clinical models. The work advocates alignment of international health frameworks with healthspan objectives as a strategic governance priority.
Regional applicability
As a global policy consensus document, the recommendations are intended to inform international health governance frameworks applicable across jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom's National Health Service and public health strategy. Transferability will depend on alignment with existing UK health policy priorities and the capacity of domestic health systems to implement prevention-focused, social determinant interventions.
Key measures
Policy recommendations, health system frameworks, healthspan-versus-lifespan metrics and governance priorities
Outcomes reported
The report documents policy recommendations and consensus positions from the Global Healthspan Summit 2023 on reorienting health systems toward functional healthspan rather than lifespan extension alone.
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