The first-ever Baltics Conference on Healthy Longevity will take place on Nov. 25 in Riga, Latvia, to address the need to increase the healthy and productive longevity of the aging population.
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Organized by the Longevity Alliance Baltic, the event will feature some of the leading longevity researchers and advocates in the Baltic area and internationally.
According to a press release, during the coronavirus pandemic, Latvia lost about 2 years of life expectancy (from about 75.5 years in 2019 dropping to 73.5 in 2021), in Lithuania it declined by about 2.5 years (from 76.2 to 73.7) and in Estonia by 1.5 years (from 78.6 to 77.1). This decline in life expectancy was mainly due to the high vulnerability of older people to the pandemic and the accompanying stresses. Both the relatively low absolute values of life expectancy and its strong declines are among the worst in the developed world, for example, compared to the rest of EU countries or Israel, showing a high degree of vulnerability to aging-related ill health.
The recently established Longevity Alliance Baltic unities representatives of Baltic countries and international experts, and its first conference, aims to increase awareness about aging-related issues, educate the public about healthy longevity research and development, and help build up the longevity community in the Baltic region, catalyzing a further development of the longevity field internationally.
"It is very encouraging that this first Baltics Conference on Healthy Longevity takes place, contributing to the promotion of healthy longevity in the region," Israeli researcher Dr. Ilia Stambler, chairman of the Vetek (Seniority) Association in Israel, an advisory board member of LAB, and a member the conference organizing committee, said. "It is especially encouraging that international cooperation is at the foundation of this activity. As an active participant in the Longevity Alliance Baltics and the conference, I am proud that also our country Israel, is taking a strong part in this cooperation. Despite the current situation in Israel, we continue to think and work for the future and share our knowledge, continue to create the foundation for future cooperative development that we can build on after the situation improves."
