June 15, 2004
For Immediate Release
Contact: AoA Press Office (202) 401-4541

The Honorable Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging of the United States (U.S.). Administration on Aging (AoA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will be a keynote speaker at the “Challenge of Global Aging” International Conference in Mexico, City, Mexico, which is taking place June 16-18 2004. Mexico is one of many Latin American and Caribbean countries in which the proportion of people 60 and over is likely to exceed the 20 percent mark by 2050.

The Conference will honor the 25th anniversary of INAPAM, the Mexican National Institute on Aging (INAPAM), within the Mexican Ministry of Social Development. Representatives from over 20 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe are expected to attend to discuss a broad range of global aging issues.

In addition to the keynote speech, Assistant Secretary Carbonell will convene a roundtable titled, Aging Well, Living Well: Opportunities in the United States on June 17. She will also meet with officials at the Mexican Ministry of Health to discuss joint aging-related activities between AoA and The Health Working Group of the U.S./Mexico Binational Commission.

(Pictured L to R): Josefina G. Carbonell Assistant Secretary for Aging, U.S.A.; Albina Cruces Vazquez 101 Year Old Educator, Mexico; Adriana Borda, President, Voluntary Group, National Voluntary Group, National Institute on Aging, Ministry of Social Development, Mexico; Pedro Borda Hartmann, Director, National Institute on Aging, Ministry of Social Development, Mexico

Plenary Session. (Pictured L to R): Manuel Sánchez-Montañés Ramos, Executive Director, Iberoamerican Intergovernmental Cooperation Network, Spain; Josefina G. Carbonell Assistant Secretary for Aging U.S.A.; Albina Cruces Vazquez, 101 Year Old Educator, Mexico; Carmen Largaespada Fredersdorff, Nicaraguan Minister of Families, Mrs. Borda, National Institute on Aging, Mexican Ministry of Social Development.

Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging in front of mobile medical/social unit from Mexican National Institute on Aging.

Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging, and Mrs. Borda with canteen worker, Medical/Social Service Center, INAPAM.

Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging, Mr. Borda with medical staff, Medical/Social Service Center, INAPAM.

Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging, with resident of assited living facility, INAPAM.

Secretary, Ministry of Social Development, presents materials developed by her Ministry.

Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging with Dr. Rodolfo Tuirán, Under Secretary for Urban Town and County Planning, Mexican Ministry of Social Development.

EVENT: Keynote Speech: Challenge of Global Aging International Conference
WHEN: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
WHERE: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ricardo Flores Magón, N. 1
Col. Guerrero/Tlateloco, México D.F. 06995, México

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