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World Health Day: Older people need access to healthcare
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 07 April 2011 See more by this blogger
In expanding our work on health, we aim to significantly improve the number of older people receiving good quality health and care services. Rapid global ageing, the increase of non-communicable diseases (strokes, diabetes, cancer, dementia, etc...) in the developing... Keep reading (1 Comment)
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Ageing in the media: Japan earthquake and tsunami
By Rosaleen Cunningham, Posted 24 March 2011 See more by this blogger
As regular readers of this blog know, older people in disasters rarely make the headlines. Japan, of course, has changed that. Many media commentators have said that the distinguishing feature of this particular disaster will be the numbers of... Keep reading
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People go first at the UN
By Jane Scobie, Posted 10 February 2011 See more by this blogger
I am currently at the Commission for Social Development, held at the UN in New York. It's looking a little old on the outside, the paving stones are broken, the 1950s interior has lost much of its glamour and... Keep reading (1 Comment)
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Longer lives “a call to action” for the 21st Century
By Mark Gorman, Posted 31 January 2011 See more by this blogger
Is the world beginning to take notice of global ageing? The message that extended life expectancy, falling fertility rates and accelerating ageing are now truly global phenomena seems to be getting a wider hearing, and in the past few... Keep reading (1 Comment)
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New Year's Revolution
By Sarah Packwood, Posted 07 January 2011 See more by this blogger
It's that time of year again No sooner than the last chime of Big Ben heralding the beginning of 2011 has faded among the sharp, crackle, crack of fireworks exploding in the night sky, happy revellers look to the... Keep reading
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