This issue discusses social protection, and highlights social protection initiatives in several Kenya, Ghana, Malawi and Zambia.

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This issue focusses on the problem of elder abuse. It discusses the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and how you can be involved in your country. It also includes three stories on AIDS carers and their dependants.

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Includes an article about data on older people and HIV/AIDS; a report on HelpAge International’s participation in the United Nations Commission for Social Development meeting held in New York in February 2007; and an article on the International Labour Organisation’s Decent Work Agenda.

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Includes a report of the HelpAge International Africa regional workshop in Yaounde, Cameroon, an article about addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS and poverty in Kenya and information on social protection

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This issue contains articles on social protection, income generating activities, reducing the impact of poverty and AIDS among older people in Kenya, and older women as the invisible carers of people living with AIDS and of orphans.

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Includes a report on the 14th International Conference on HIV/AIDs and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA), an examination of HelpAge International's contribution to implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and an article on mainstreaming ageing into Ugandan government policies.

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This issue contains information on addressing the rights of older people in Ghana, older people's questions on pensions to the G8 and older people and HIV/AIDS in Africa.

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This issue contains information on the launch of an Africa regional HIV/AIDS programme for older carers, older people affected by the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, and writing a project proposal.

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This issue contains information on the abuse of older people's rights in Cameroon and the inclusion of older people in the revised poverty-reduction strategy in Tanzania.

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This issue contains information on the changing role of older people in African households, health and ageing, and supporting older people caring for orphans.

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This issue includes information on changes made to the governance of HelpAge International, para-legal training in Africa to ensure older people's rights and the neglect of older people in emergency planning.

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This issue includes information on consultation with older people during programme work, older people's participation in poverty alleviation, and changes to pension policy in Ethiopia and Kenya.

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This issue includes information about the anniversaries of Muthande Society for the Aged (MUSA) and Elim Hlanganani Society for the Care of the Aged – HelpAge International affiliate organisations based in South Africa. The issue also includes good practice guidelines for work with older people in Africa.

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This issue includes information on the exclusion of older people in HIV/AIDS strategies, examines the gender dimension of care and HIV/AIDS, and offers an organisational profile of Current Evangelism Ministries Outreach Sierra Leone (CEM).

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This issue includes information on the participation of older people in policy monitoring, fundraising from corporate companies and the Sudanese Society in Care of Older People (SSCOP), a non-governmental organisation that focuses on ageing and development in Sudan.

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This issue contains information on an African reigonal workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; approval for the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union or AU) Policy Framework and Plan of Action on Ageing; and the neglect of ageing at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in South Africa.

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This issues contains information on the endorsement of the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union or AU) Policy Framework and Plan of Action on Ageing; and an Australian government grant to a project that aimed to strengthen the capacity of older people's organisations in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.

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