Somnath Chatterji of the World Health Organization describes the extent to which the Chinese and Indian populations are aging at a hearing held by the policy journal “Health Affairs.” He says that in the next four decades, almost 40 percent of the world’s old will live in China and India. He adds that the two countries are growing older before growing richer, creating huge implications in policy decisions. (1:07)

 

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At a “Health Affairs” briefing on health in China and India, Kees Kostermans of the World Bank lists some lessons learned from India’s successful attack on its AIDS epidemic. He says that comprehensive data collection, condom marketing, and expansions of testing services for high-risk groups helped India decrease the prevalence of AIDS. (1:17)

 

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