Last week I had the honour of meeting one of our Age Demands Action (ADA) champions, Mr Samuel Bailey from Jamaica. The 69-year-old father-of-six is a retired supermarket worker and was a trade union officer. Now he is a...
Following on from our biggest Age Demands Action yet on 1 October, policy pledges are already translating into positive change for older people across the world. Progress on pensions and social assistance In Ethiopia, the pension payment scheme has...
This World AIDS Day, here in Kenya, we will be focusing on health services for older people paying particular attention to their experience when coming to hospital and clinics. In Kenya there are around 1.8 million older people (aged...
In August, I visited the HelpAge office in Goma, DRC. What struck me immediately was the tight security around the town. I realised that people there live with extreme caution. During my visit, I went to Mugunga refugee camp....
The situation in Gaza has been unimaginable. We have been living under fire, not being able to sleep, leave our homes or even go to the shops. Every minute you would expect an air rocket or a bomb and...
It was Wednesday 14 November in the morning and all the HelpAge team members in Gaza were happy because we had the next three days off work for Palestinian Independence Day. It meant we could relax and plan nice...
There are many things I wish for in the world: I wish I could help every older person in need in the world. I wish everyone would see the needs of older people in their world - near and...
Each year, World Diabetes Day (WDD) is marked on 14 November - a day devoted to fighting and raising awareness of diabetes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes has become the third main cause of human deaths...
For a Campaigns Coordinator, it is a dream come true to meet the faces behind our Age Demands Action campaign. In October, I travelled to Nairobi in Kenya to meet our activists who, for the past two years, have...
Care and support is one of the crucial pillars of a comprehensive response to HIV, alongside prevention and treatment. Yet care and support for people with HIV and their carers and families, has long been neglected, particularly in the...
14 November is World Diabetes Day, a disease which according to the World Health Organization (WHO), affects more than 180 million people worldwide. WHO also estimates that the prevalence of diabetes in Africa varies between one and 20%. The...
Events specifically dedicated to older people's issues are rare in Mozambique but for some years now, the Government has, in partnership with civil society the Forum of Older People Associations (FTI) has held the National Conference on Old Age...
