Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations for Furthering Research (2006)

Morning

Return from WRF

2:45 P.M.

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Professor Jane Menken, University of Colorado (chair)

Professor Belinda Bozzoli, University of the Witwatersrand

Dr. Barney Cohen, The National Academies

Dr. Richard Suzman, National Institutes of Health

3:15 P.M.

DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW

Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Changing Demography of the Region

Dr. Victoria Velkoff, U.S. Census Bureau

Dr. Paul Kowal, World Health Organization

Discussant: Dr. Eric Udjo, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria

Q&A and General Discussion

4:15 P.M.

BREAK

4:30 P.M.

INSIGHTS FROM SIMULATION MODELS

I. Demographic Impacts of the HIV Epidemic and Consequences of Population-Wide Treatment of HIV for the Elderly: Results from Microsimulation

Dr. Samuel J. Clark, University of Colorado and University of the Witwatersrand

II. The HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Kin Relations, Living Arrangements, and the Elderly in South Africa

Professor M. Giovanna Merli, University of Wisconsin

Professor Alberto Palloni, University of Wisconsin

Discussant: Professor Rob Dorrington, University of Cape Town

Q&A and General Discussion

9:00 A.M.

FORMAL AND INFORMAL SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS

I. An Overview of Formal and Informal Social Security Systems in Africa

Professor Edwin Kaseke, University of Zimbabwe

II. Labor Migration and Households: A Reconsideration of the Effects of the Social Pension on Labor Supply in South Africa

Professors Dorrit Posel, James Fairburn, and Frances Lund, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Discussant: Professor Servaas van der Berg, University of Stellenbosch

Q&A and General Discussion

10:30 A.M.

Break

10:45 A.M.

RURAL/URBAN DIFFERENCES IN AGING AND ADULT HEALTH: INSIGHTS FROM THE IN-DEPTH NETWORK

I. Health Transitions in Rural Southern Africa: New Understanding, Growing Complexity

Dr. Kathleen Kahn, University of the Witwatersrand

Professor Stephen Tollman, University of the Witwatersrand

II. The Situation of the Elderly in Poor Urban Settings: The Case of Nairobi, Kenya

Dr. Abdhalah Ziraba Kasiira, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

Dr. Negussie Taffa, APHRC

Dr. Alex Ezeh, APHRC

Discussant: Dr. Ayaga Bawah, Navrongo Health Research Centre

12:15 P.M.

LUNCH

1:15 P.M.

EXIT FROM THE LABOR FORCE

Labor Force Withdrawal of the Elderly in South Africa

Professor David Lam, University of Michigan

Professor Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town

Vimal Ranchhod, University of Michigan

Discussant: Professor Martin Wittenberg, University of Cape Town

Q&A and General Discussion

2:15 P.M.

MEASUREMENT ISSUES

Relating Self-Reported Health and Objective Health Indicators of Adult Mortality

Professor Jane Menken, University of Colorado

Discussant: Professor Robert Willis, University of Michigan

Q&A and General Discussion

3:15 P.M.

BREAK

3:45 P.M.

LIVING ARRANGEMENTS

I. HIV/AIDS and Older People in South Africa

Professor Victoria Hosegood, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

II. Interactions Between Socioeconomic Status and Living Arrangements in Predicting Gender-Specific Health Status Among the Elderly in Cameroon

Professor Barthélémy Kuate-Defo, University of Montreal

Discussant: Dr. Kalanidhi Subbarao, The World Bank

Q&A and General Discussion

9: 00 A.M.

POLICY

From Piecemeal Action to Integrated Solutions: The Need for Policies on Ageing and Older People in Africa

Tavengwa Nhongo, HelpAge International, Nairobi Karen Peachey, Independent Consultant

Discussant: Dr. Benoit Kalasa, United Nations Fund for Population Activities, Ethiopia

Q&A and General Discussion

10:30 A.M.

BREAK

10:45 A.M.

ROUNDTABLE ON DATA NEEDS AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

Professor Frances Lund, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Dr. Alex Ezeh, APHRC

Dr. Peter Byass, Umeå University

Professor Robert Willis, University of Michigan

12:45 P.M.

WRAP-UP / POINTS TO BE INCORPORATED IN FINAL REPORT

Professor Jane Menken, University of Colorado, Boulder

1:00 P.M

LUNCH

2:00 P.M.

CLOSED SESSION

The organizers of the meeting will meet to discuss publication plans for the volume and their consensus statement on future research needs.

Professor Jane Menken (chair), University of Colorado

Dr. Alex Ezeh, APHRC

Professor Edwin Kaseke, University of Zimbabwe

Professor Barthélémy Kuate-Defo, University of Montreal

Professor David Lam, University of Michigan

Professor Stephen Tollman, University of the Witwatersrand

Professor Robert Willis, University of Michigan

9:00 A.M.

CLOSED SESSION [CONT.]