Organized by the Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA), the expert online roundtable discussion – which has been invited the ACN’ Director – will bring together European and global experts from across noncommunicable disease areas (NCDs), life course immunization and vaccination, healthy aging policy, economic and fiscal policy, and patient advocacy for an interactive discussion on:

• the growing body of evidence connecting NCDs and vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases (VPRDs),
• the urgency for health systems and governments to interrupt the rising trajectory of NCDs and support better NCD management and care amid the context of population aging, and
• available levers for individuals, healthcare systems, and governments across Europe to reduce the burden, impact, and economic costs of NCDs through life course immunization.

The goal of the roundtable will be to arrive at expert consensus on a core set of priority actions to leverage immunization for adults as a strategy for NCD management, making healthy aging more accessible for adults across Europe. To know more about GCOA, click here.