HelpAge International has deployed over 200 staff and volunteers to eight communes in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to work in cholera prevention with at-risk communities. These include nurses, community support workers and volunteer home-based carers.

Twenty leaders of older people’s associations from Asian countries and HelpAge Network members have called for G20 action to build societies for all ages.

HelpAge International in Kyrgyzstan is hosting a large celebration in Bishkek for World Diabetes Day 2010.

A HelpAge International study has found just 0.2% of humanitarian funding is allocated specifically for older people during emergencies.

13 Latin American countries have openly and directly supported a motion to work towards a regional convention on the rights of older people.