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b'LONDON\\u2014The \\u2018Welfare State\\u2019 can be sustained globally \\u2014 even in the rapidly ageing societies of low- and middle-income countries. Social protection should not be delayed until a country is rich, and should be a state obligation.\\nThese views came out of the Global Health Lab symposium entitled: \\u201cIs the welfare state sustainable with an ageing society?\\u201d hosted by Professor Martin McKee of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Dr Richard Horton, Editor of the Lancet.\\nThe experts presenting data to the meeting \\u2014 Professor Athina Vlachantoni from Centre for Research on Ageing at Southampton University, Astrid Walker Bourne of HelpAge International and Professor Peter Lloyd-Sherlock from the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia \\u2014 explained to Peter Goodwin why there is an urgent need to prioritise the welfare of older citizens.'