The study reveals the situation of older people during and after Cyclone Nargis and provides key findings and recommendations to ensure older people are considered in emergency response programme. It shows that the extensive damage to the environment, shelter, livelihoods and the death of family members has weakened the security system that previously existed for older people.

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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 publication introduces the ‘New Rural Social Pension Insurance Programme of Baoji City’, one of the first of its kind in China. It provides administration of the programme, impacts of the programme on rural older people as well as challenges, sustainability and recommendations of the programme.

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Includes articles on relief aid in Myanmar and China, ROK-ASEAN homecare meetings in Brunei and Myanmar, advocacy training in Central Asia, update on regional conference 2008 in Bali, UN endorsement of HelpAge International key policy recommendations in emergencies, and articles on climate change in Asia.

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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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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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Increasing numbers of people are entering old age with little or no means of support. Ageways 70 presents the case for social pensions as an effective way to reduce older people's poverty and that of their families. It argues for a universal rather than a means-tested approach.

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This study provides recommendations and emphasizes what communities can do to improve the access and delivery of primary healthcare (PHC) services, including good practices in the region. Older people represent a valuable asset in society, and by improving the affordability/quality of PHC services, societies can contribute to active and healthy ageing of both the current future generations.

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Includes articles on MIPAA+5 regional review meeting in Macau, ‘Jakarta Forum’ on social protection, ASEAN Home Care Forums, regional World AIDS Day, Older People’s Association workshop in Cambodia, an update on regional conference of HelpAge International Asia/Pacific Network

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