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Meeting the challenge of ageing and multiple morbidities

on 22-Jun-2011

The OECD and the Business Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) are hosting, within the context of the OECD's 50th anniversary, a one-day conference to explore improvements in health systems over the last 50 years and the challenges of meeting the needs of an increasingly aged population whilst keeping costs down.

High-Level Forum on Sickness, Disability and Work, Stockholm, Sweden

from 14-May-2009 to 15-May-2009

Employment and social affairs ministers from 15 OECD countries will meet in Stockholm to discuss ways to improve sickness and disability policies and make them central to labour market strategies to deal with the impact of the current crisis and beyond. The Forum on “Sickness, Disability and Work: Addressing Policy Challenges in OECD Countries”, organised by the OECD and the government of Sweden, aims to help policy makers understand the importance of effective social and disability policies and how they can improve longer-term outcomes for the individuals concerned and society as a whole.