NZ government launches Ageing Well, the latest national science challenge

 NZ government launches Ageing Well, the latest national science challenge
By Fiona Rotherham March 4 (BusinessDesk) -  The Ageing Well challenge will get initial funding of $14.6 million and is the fifth of the national challenges launched to date. Hosted by the University of Otago, the challenge will bring together researchers from seven New Zealand universities and is aimed at improving the health and well-being of older people. The long-term goal is to enhance New Zealand’s ability to deal with the rapid demographic change underway which Joyce described as one of the country's biggest long-term societal a...