Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

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

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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.

The paper

Ilia Stambler, Alexander Tietz-Latza, Björn Schumacher, Show 78 more authorsEfstathios S. Gonos

Bar-Ilan University; National Hellenic Research Foundation

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 3 May 2026, Open access

doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2026.112187PubMed 42086114