This issue reports on a groundbreaking series of national and regional consultations on social protection in Africa and carries features on the World Disasters Report and the Chronic Poverty Report. It also discusses issues around HIV and AIDS and Older People and talks about the causes and consequences of the global food crisis, and explains how social protection schemes can cushion its effects.

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Comments on the five-year review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and calls for older people’s voices to be better heard in the next review cycle. Reports on new UN recommendations on older people and emergencies, pension improvements in Chile and Bolivia, and plans by the African Union to further social protection.

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Describes the process for reviewing the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, highlighting HelpAge International and partners’ Age Demands Action campaign. Reports on the G8’s support for social protection, the Africa Union’s new age-sensitive health strategy, and the UN’s recommendations to the Mozambique government on combating discrimination against older women.

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Highlights rapidly growing numbers of older people. It calls for new approaches to population ageing, specifically the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing's recommendations on pensions, health care and anti-discriminatory legislation. It also discusses Lesotho's social pension, and the difficulties faced by older displaced people in Colombia in claiming their entitlements.

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Focuses on the themes of HIV/AIDS and social protection and includes articles on aid for Africa and the case for cash transfers, empathy clubs for older women carers in Vietnam, helping older carers claim their entitlements in South Africa, a new UN Political Declaration on AIDS and research from Tanzania and Cambodia related to AIDS.

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Looks particularly at older people and emergencies. Main features include a survey revealing widespread neglect of older people by humanitarian aid agencies, an article on HelpAge India’s response to the tsunami, a briefing on the proposed review of the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing by older people, information about older people's survival strategies in Bolivia, and a discussion of why widows face eviction in Tanzania.

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This issue includes a briefing on African views of social protection, a profile of a local NGO’s work to raise rights in Jamaica and an article on mainstreaming ageing in Uganda.

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This issue includes a report on relief work after the Indian Ocean tsunami, a briefing on the opportunities presented by the 2005 reviews of progress against development goals, a profile of Tanzania’s new poverty-reduction strategy and a discussion of how cash transfers can help the chronically poor.

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This issue includes a report on carers of vulnerable children and those orphaned by HIV/AIDS, a briefing on grandparents’ role as carers, a profile of an HIV/AIDS self-help scheme in Cambodia and a discussion of the importance of including older people in the drive to make HIV/AIDS treatment more widely available.

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This issue includes a report on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its impact on older people, a briefing on a new study in Brazil and South Africa highlighting the role of non-contributory pensions in reducing poverty, a profile of a network concerned with recognising and responding to the abuse of older people, and a discussion about the relationships between orphans and older carers.

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This issue includes a report on the aftermath of the war in Iraq, a report on raising the issue of rights in Africa, a profile of community self-help initiatives in Moldova and a discussion of the pension process in Uttar Pradesh, India.

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This issue includes a report on food shortages in Ethiopia, a briefing on the use of pensions to reduce poverty in poorer countries, a profile of a legal-advice centre that supports older people in Bolivia and three stories related to the non-contributory state pension in South Africa.

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This issue includes information about the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, how it can make a difference and the people behind the Plan.

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This issue includes an overview of ten action points recommended to governments as part of their commitment to the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing 2002, case studies indicating increased poverty and exclusion as a common experience and a discussion of widespread abuse of older people.

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This issue includes an article about the situation in Afghanistan, a briefing on issues around food and older people, information about the introduction of a national policy for older people and a discussion of a book on pensions and development.

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This issue includes an article on the UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, a briefing on the opportunities offered to older people by the inclusion of civil society in the development process, and a discussion about participatory research in the development of sustainable policies.

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This issue includes a briefing on the need for an intergenerational approach to HIV/AIDS, a profile of a Lithuanian NGO that supports older women to take action to improve their lives, and information related to a project to capture the memories of older Cambodians.

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This issue includes a briefing on the limited progress made in the implementation of the Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing, a profile of volunteer home-helpers in South Korea and a discussion of the impact of conflict and economic sanctions on older Kurdish people in Northern Iraq.

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This issue includes a report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ work towards a plan of action on ageing, a briefing on the need to include older people in donor strategies to meet poverty-reduction targets, and a discussion on witchcraft beliefs in northern Tanzania.

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This issue contains an article examining how a proposal to form a European Older People’s Platform could also benefit older people’s organisations in Eastern and Central Europe, a briefing on the widespread neglect of older people in UN summits and conferences, and an examination of the relief effort in the Indian state of Orissa following a cyclone in 1999.

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This issue includes an article on the widespread lack of understanding by relief agencies of the needs of older people, a report on violence against older people, and a briefing on discussions with the UK Government on a rights-based approach to human rights and information on dementia.

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This issue includes information about research in Ghana on the contribution of older people to development and a discussion of the marginalisation of older people at the Global Meeting of Generations held by the International Development Conference (IDC).

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This issue includes a short outline of research related to destitute elderly people in Ethiopia, an article on approaching age as a development asset, and a brief discussion of the impact of HIV/AIDS on older people.

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This issue includes general information on global ageing and the neglect of ageing issues on the development agenda, a short discussion on gender and ageing, and an outline of a five-year research programme on nutritional vulnerability.

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