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TL;DR: To be effective, the global campaign to combat ageism must tackle individual and social attitudes, stereotypes and behaviours towards people on the basis of their age, as well as the laws, policies and institutions that either perpetuate ageism or do little to stop it.

TL;DR: There is a general lack of psychometric assessments on existing ageism scales that have both adequate scope and psychometric validity, and current estimates of ageism incidence and prevalence may not be accurate.

TL;DR: It is recommended that, without clear justification for exclusion, pregnant women are included in clinical trials for EBOV and other life-threatening conditions, with lay language on risks and benefits in information documents, so that pregnant women can make their own decision to participate.

TL;DR: The likelihood of an individual or a country being ageist was significantly reduced by increases in healthy life expectancy and the proportion of older people within a country, and certain personal characteristics—younger age, being male and having lower education—were significantly associated with an increased probability of anindividual having high ageist attitudes.

TL;DR: To accelerate study approval in future public health emergencies, the World Health Organization Research Ethics Review Committee recommends close collaboration between local and international researchers from research inception and generation of template agreements for data and sample sharing and use during the ongoing global consultations on bio-banks.