Fifty-three European countries adopt a healthy-ageing strategy

All 53 Member States in the WHO European Region unanimously adopted the 'Ageing is living' strategy, responding to longer lives that do not always bring equally longer healthy lives. WHO projects that people over 65 will reach 27% of the Region by 2050. Women live longer but spend 81.3% of life in good health, below men's 83.5%. The strategy calls for prevention across the life course, care closer to home and community, support for family carers, action against ageism, and planning through country profiles and a Healthy Ageing Intelligence Dashboard. Implementation starts now, while the accompanying AI-in-health roadmap receives a midterm report in 2029. Adoption is not delivery: national budgets, long-term-care staffing, rural gaps, data quality and welfare systems differ. Real progress depends on funded primary services and measurable gains in functional health.