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06/08/2008 Pension scheme brings benefits in rural China Research by HelpAge International and the Renmin University in Beijing has found that a new pension scheme has improved income security and family relationships for older people in rural China.
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01/08/2008 UNAIDS must recognise over 50s as a risk group Ahead of the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City next week, HelpAge International is renewing its call for UNAIDS indicators on HIV and AIDS to include people over 50.
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22/07/2008 Guardian competition semi-finalists announced Three articles on older people and development have been published on the Guardian website as semi-finalists in the newspaper’s International Development Journalist Competition.
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17/07/2008 Global social protection strategy to help world’s poorest The European Working Group on Social Protection and Decent Work and the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) launched The Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09: Escaping Poverty Traps today, and called upon world leaders to commit to a Global Social Protection Strategy.
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18/06/2008 Richard Blewitt to lead UN/ASEAN Myanmar assessment team HelpAge International CEO Richard Blewitt has been seconded to lead an Emergency Rapid Assessment Team in Myanmar. The team has been set up by the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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11/06/2008 Delivering vital medical care to older people in Myanmar HelpAge International is reaching older people affected by Cyclone Nargis with vital medical care, working with local partner the YMCA.
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10/06/2008 UN HIV and AIDS indicators must include over 50s As UN member states gather in New York to review progress on HIV and AIDS, HelpAge International is calling for UN indicators to be amended to include older people.
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06/06/2008 Social protection systems needed to tackle food crisis HelpAge International is urging for trade and agricultural solutions to the food crisis to be accompanied by investment in social protection systems across the developing world.
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03/06/2008 Pensions for poorest would ease global food crisis In a letter to the Financial Times, HelpAge International has renewed its call for universal social pensions to tackle poverty and reduce the vulnerability of the world’s poorest to the current food crisis.
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30/05/2008 HelpAge International reaches over 6,000 people in Myanmar HelpAge International has so far reached over 6,000 people in Yangon and the Kyaik Lat township in the Ayeyarwady Delta, working with local partner the YMCA.
