This report presents the evaluation findings of a project supporting older people and their dependents in Tanzania. It shows that even small pensions are effective in bringing stability and dignity to the lives of older people and will greatly improve the wellbeing of the grandchildren in their care.

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This report shows that interventions aimed at achieving the MDGs must respond to the intergenerational nature of poverty and to rapid population ageing. It makes clear that it is essential to adopt a rights-based approach because this will ensure a focus on the poorest and most marginalised people.

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This report summarises the evaluation findings of a project supporting older people and their dependents in Tanzania. It shows that even small pensions are effective in bringing stability and dignity to the lives of older people and will greatly improve the wellbeing of the grandchildren in their care.

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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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This leaflet sets out the issues faced by older people living in displaced people's camps in the Darfur region of Sudan. These issues include isolation, limited mobility, health, older people as carers, psychological and social effects and lack of intergenerational support.

The leaflet also puts forward a series of suggestions for best practice in prolonged emergencies.

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Ageways 71 highlights the impact of HIV and AIDS on older people, both as carers and at risk of infection themselves. It sets out the case for including older people in data, policies and programmes, and it gives practical examples of how to do this.

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The evidence of the impact of HIV and AIDS on older people from HelpAge International research and programmes highlights the hugely problematic gap in the HIV and AIDS response. This is the result of the neglect of older people in HIV and AIDS indicators and therefore, also, in international and national policy and programming.

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This briefing is aimed at the European Union (EU) and member states, European non-governmental organisations, and African national governments. It sets out the need for African governments to revise their legislation to protect older people. It recommends how EU governments can support this process. It highlights the important role that older people play in Africa today, identifies the key areas in which rights abuses can take place, and cites possible examples of interventions that have changed the lives of older people and those who depend on them.

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This briefing sets out to make the European Union (EU) and member states, African national governments and European non-governmental organisations aware of the importance of including older people in their development policies and practice. It highlights the pivotal position of older people in Africa today, identifies the key challenges facing this generation and cites positive examples of interventions that have changed the lives of older people and those who depend on them.

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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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