aging socieities – Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

How can diabetes be more accurately diagnosed in an aging South African population?

May 14, 2020

Two of the most common tests for diagnosing diabetes (fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c) don’t always yield the same result, and researchers affiliated with the research study Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community…

Receiving antiretroviral therapy for HIV may offer spillover health benefits for at-risk population in South Africa

December 15, 2016

A team of HAALSI (a research project studying health of aging population in South Africa) researchers affiliated with the Harvard Pop Center has found that HIV-positive adults in South Africa who receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV…

What will employment be like for aging workforce in future? International researchers discuss today at Harvard Pop Center

October 28, 2016

Today the Harvard Pop Center is co-hosting the 2016 Sloan Research Network on Aging & Work Fall Institute, chaired by Jackie James from Boston College and our director, Lisa Berkman. Researchers from around the world are here to discuss projects…