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A report by CSIS Global Aging Initiative director Richard Jackson, The Graying of the Great Powers, was cited by the Moscow Times, "Finding a Remedy for Healthcare."
August 22, 2008

Author:

Svetlana Osadchuk

Associated Programs:

Global Aging Initiative

Related Research Focus:

Demography & Population

Experts :

Richard Jackson

Excerpt:

When anesthesiologist Dmitry Sedykh was called to treat an 8-month-old suffering from heart failure this May, he found no equipment to resuscitate the baby boy. [. . .]

A combination of falling birth rates and rising death rates from chronic and infectious diseases means that by 2025, Russia's population will fall from about 142 million to about 125 million, according to data from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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