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RESEARCH PAPER / 2026-05-06

The need to increase support for healthy ageing and longevity research in the EU by establishing a Coordination and Support Programme on Healthy Ageing and Longevity.

Ilia Stambler, Alexander Tietz-Latza, Björn Schumacher, Hartmut Geiger, Helen Morrison, Oliver Tüscher, Georg Fuellen, Roland Meisel, Andreas Simm, Andreas Pfeiffer, Axel Steinhage, Aurel Popa-Wagner, Wolfgang Wagner, Oliver Cornely, Mario Krause, Georgios Mitrou, Marios Kyriazis, Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, Suresh Rattan, Richard Siow, David Weinkove, Shuvarthi Bhattacharjee, Didier Coeurnelle, Niccolò Invidia, Nicola Marino, Maddalena Illario, Calogero Caruso, Ennio Tasciotti, Federico Schena, Francesca Cesaroni, Salvatore De Rosa, Francesco Neri, Dmitry Bulavin, John Rowell, Bruno Vellas, Edouard Debonneuil, Lilia Lens-Pechakova, José Luis Cordeiro, Eduardo Díaz-Rubio, María Cordón Muro, Mayca Marín, Cayetano Santana Gil, Sergio Guillen, Dolores Corella, Pedro Barata, Amelia Pilar Rauter, Mónica Sousa, Linus Petersson, Brun Ulfhake, Valdis Pīrāgs, Svjatoslavs Kistkins, Emīls Sjundjukovs, Dmitrijs Bliznuks, Leonas Valius, Silvija Valdonė Alšauskė, Maria Teresa Arredondo, Marek Postula, Igors Berkovics, Karol Kaminski, Antonella Santuccione Chadha, Evelyne Bischof, Alessandro Puiatti, Raluca Prodan, Ionel Blănculescu, Lacramioara Frasineanu, Anca Andreea Sandu, Milena Georgieva, Angel Marchev, Angel Marchev, Alexander Tchernev, Martin Lipovšek, Dóra Horváth, Harald Sourij, Hana Vankova, Marjolein Visser, Kinga Matuła, Oleh Lushchak, Zoia Dikhtiarenko, Abraham Kebede, Rada Sandic-Spaho, Michelle Adams, Efstathios S Gonos

International Longevity Alliance (ILA), Paris, France; Vetek (Seniority) Association - the Movement for Longevity and Quality of Life, Tel Aviv, Israel; Longevity Alliance Baltic (LAB), Riga, Latvia; Department of Science, Technology and Society, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. Electronic address: [email protected]. · pubmed

Abstract

Europe faces rapidly accelerating population ageing, driving multimorbidity and unsustainable healthcare costs. This paper calls for the establishment of an EU Coordination and Support Programme on Healthy Ageing and Longevity to integrate research, innovation, regulation, and capacity‑building across Member States.

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Research summary

The paper claims that establishing an EU Coordination and Support Programme on Healthy Ageing and Longevity is necessary to address the challenges of population ageing. This is relevant as it focuses on integrating research and innovation to tackle the root causes of ageing and promote healthy longevity.

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