In 30 countries worldwide, older campaigners took part in the Age Demands Action for Rights campaign to encourage their governments to attend the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing where a new UN convention on the rights of older people is being discussed.
Data can tackle inequality
New research on issue raised by post-2015 High-level Panel
Our new joint research reveals how adjusting surveys used to collect population data could
help tackle inequality by giving a better picture of the lives of millions of vulnerable people.
The research examines the High-level Panel's call to improve the quality and availability of data
on international development.
Read more about the research and our recommendations on how to close data gaps.
Health in Tanzania
Reducing impact of non-communicable diseases
HelpAge and Pfizer Inc
are launching a programme to reduce the impact of
non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease, among older people in Tanzania.
The project will promote healthy lifestyles and work with local and national health providers to improve prevention, early diagnosis, follow-up and treatment.
They tried to stay in Syria as long as they could, but after the health system collapsed thousands of older people and their families were forced to flee.
Now Syrian refugees in urban areas of Jordan are coping with a new and growing problem; that of debt. The rate of families in debt has doubled since October, as many have used the savings and assets they had to survive.
To mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on 15 June, older
campaigners took part in our Age Demands Action for Rights campaign, which calls for a convention on the rights of older people.
Watch our Age Demands Action leader Kenneth explain why we need a convention.
Working with older people: Practical guidelines
Do you work with older people in the developing world? Need practical information on how to tailor programmes to older people's needs?
We have new practical guidelines for programme managers and people working with older people, drawing on experience in the HelpAge network.
Please use the guidelines for your own work, training or as a basis for producing more detailed, locally relevant materials.
ADA for Rights
Health in Tanzania
Syria crisis
Do you work with older people in the developing world? Need practical information on how to tailor programmes to older people's needs?
