More healthy years for more people.

Healthy years, ageing and the science that adds them.

A country getting older.

The gap: Across the world people spend about 9.6 years of life in poor health, and the gap is widening. JAMA Network Open via HealthDay, Dec 2024
Ageing India: 149 million Indians were 60 or older in 2022. By 2050 it will be 347 million, about one in five. Older people will outnumber children by 2046. UNFPA India Ageing Report 2023 via CNBC
Chronic illness: About 67% of Indians over 60 live with a chronic condition and about 23% with more than one. LASI via Down To Earth
New medicines: Semaglutide cut major heart events by about 20% in people with obesity and heart disease. Generic versions launched in India after the patent expired in Mar 2026, at a fraction of the price. SELECT trial, NEJM 2023 via ACC · South First