The report is an overview of HelpAge East Asia/Pacific response to the natural disasters in Indonesia (West Sumatra Earthquake), the Philippines and Vietnam (Typhoon Ketsana).

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The rights, entitlements and vulnerabilities of older people are not fully understood, even though they make key contributions to society. HIV and AIDS have led to an increase in households made up of the old and the young. HelpAge International, the Overseas Development Institute, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS, carried out a study to understand better how these households cope during emergencies, so that emergency preparedness and response can properly meet their needs.

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This edition discusses how older people’s organisations can use the media to ensure that older people’s issues are properly reflected in public debate. It shows how organisations have worked successfully with the media, in particular to highlight elder abuse in India and to show the impact of the Age Demands Action campaign. It explains how new technologies are changing the way the media works and sets out practical guidelines on working with the media.

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This issue sets out the case for a UN convention on older people's human rights, and the need to invest in older people. Other articles cover the right to decent work and show how brutality towards those accused of witchcraft can be stopped. It also describes the expansion of social pension schemes across the world and the activities of self help groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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The briefing was built on the study ‘The situation of older people in cyclone-affected Myanmar: Nine moths after Nargis’. It sets out the principal observations, key policy and programme lessons, and nine critical policy and programme implications for ongoing and future relief initiatives in Myanmar.

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The leaflet highlights the situation of older people and their families nine months after cyclone Nargis, focusing on health and psychological well-being. It also shows key fact revealed by current research.

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The leaflet highlights the situation of older people and their families nine months after cyclone Nargis, focusing on shelter. It also shows key fact revealed by current research.

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The leaflet highlights the situation of older people and their families nine months after cyclone Nargis, focusing on livelihoods and food security. It also shows key fact revealed by current research.

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The report presents the situation of older people nine months after the cyclone Nargis in for three areas - Kyiak Lat, Dedeye, and Bogale. The key aspects include socio-economic and livelihoods, nutrition and food security, shelter, health, and psychological well-being. The report is a follow-up assessment HelpAge conducted 100 days after the disaster.

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A joint Help the Aged/HelpAge International publication. Full of inspiring photos that show how older people have recovered from the tsunami disaster and continue to rebuild their lives.

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