A revolução da longevidade com Alexandre Kalache

In the 1940s, the life expectancy of Brazilians was 45.5 years. Eighty years have passed since then, and this expectancy has risen to 76.3 years, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). In other words, a baby born today is expected to live at least three decades longer. This increase is justified by the sum of several factors, including the decrease in mortality from infectious diseases – as a consequence of improved sanitation and vaccination – and advances in medicine. Given this new scenario, the IBGE projects that, in 2060, there will be more elderly people than young people in our country. This year, Alexandre Kalache, an epidemiologist specializing in gerontology and president of the International Longevity Center Brazil (ILC-BR), visited Unibes Cultural several times to participate in events aimed at the mature audience. He spoke with us about the longevity revolution and active aging.