Life Course Network
This work is led by MCA and reflects a collaboration across WHO, with technical experts in each life stage across WHO HQ and Regional Offices, and scientific partners including academic institutions, research centres focusing on the life course from around the world and researchers focusing on individual life stages, as well as national institutes, and civil society organizations.
Research questions and outputs from this work are developed in close collaboration with network members.

Involving children in everyday play activities as part of a caregiver skills training program developed by WHO
Publications
Extending healthy ageing across the life course: connecting healthy development and healthy ageing
World Health Organization (WHO)’s work on the life course – connecting healthy development and healthy ageing – aims to extend learning...
Beyond the decade of healthy ageing: extending benefits across the life course. Report of the meeting...
World Health Organization (WHO)’s new area of work on the life course was launched with this kick-off meeting on 9–10 June 2022. The meeting...
Extending healthy ageing across the life course: connecting healthy development and healthy ageing: report...
This was the second virtual meeting to initiate WHO’s new area of work on connecting healthy development and healthy ageing throughout the life course,...