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Millennials — those born from 1981 to 1996 — are not only the largest living generation today but also became the workforce majority at the end of 2015. By the end of 2025, they will make up 75% of the American workforce.
This generation grew up in a time of rapid change, which gives them different priorities and expectations than previous generations. Their unique upbringing and subsequent values are reshaping our economy in almost every way possible.
Think Uber, Fitbit, Airbnb, Etsy, Lululemon and Twitter. Successful companies that continue to adapt as the result of millennial expectations aren’t just changing…
This editorial opinion was written by WHO Representative to the South Pacific Dr Corinne Capuano in support of World Health Day. It is republished from the 7 April 2019 edition of Fiji’s ‘The Sunday Times’.
At heart, primary healthcare is about people. It is about doctors and nurses at community health centers, the people they care for, and the communities they protect. It is also about bringing care close to where people live, to help them improve their health and maintain their well-being.
It is so much more than seeing a community nurse for a vaccination, or a doctor for…
Using local authority estimates has important implications for policy. We look at how these estimates are used in the indicators, as well as how they compare to other measures of geographical inequalities in healthy life expectancy.
Construction of the healthy life expectancy indicator
Taking a broader range of local authorities, rather than the extremes of highest and lowest, helps to account for outliers with potentially unique circumstances. For example, in 2017–19 a girl born in the Orkney Islands was expected to have 75.1 years of good health, compared to a girl born in Blackpool with a healthy life expectancy of…