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Your opinion counts! Tell us how we're doing

By Jane Scobie, Posted 07 April 2011 See more by this blogger

Two years ago, we asked you for your views on our publications, newsletters, blogs and social media. We then used your comments to give you what you wanted: Specific facts, figures and maps on all the regions (and countries)... Keep reading (1 Comment)
Haiti: No easy answer

By Jane Scobie, Posted 04 April 2011 See more by this blogger

Election results in Haiti are due out today. For whoever wins there will be no easy answer. Unemployment is at 80%. For the hundreds of thousands of families still living in cramped camps over a year after the earthquake... Keep reading
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
The unsung heroes of Haiti: a story of strength and courage in adversity

By Emma Littledike, Posted 18 February 2011 See more by this blogger

I still remember 12 January 2010 as though it were yesterday, putting on CNN in Zimbabwe and watching the Haiti news updates in horror. The images of bodies, streets strewn with rubble, collapsed buildings and people screaming and crying... Keep reading (1 Comment)
Haiti: One year on at CENSHOP hospital

By Caroline Graham, Posted 12 January 2011 See more by this blogger

On the first anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, Doctor Ersno Casimir (pictured)who works in CENSHOP hospital in Port-au-Prince looks back over the past 12 months and tells us how working with HelpAge has improved things for older people in... Keep reading (1 Comment)