Dr Das, my hero
Throughout our lives there are people we respect and admire. Those are the ones we call 'our heroes'. Dr Das is one of them.
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Older people in Lebanon face desperate circumstances due to lack of basic social protection guarantees
A new report by HelpAge International and the International Labor Organisation draws on the testimonials of older people who convey the severe hardships they face because of the lack of an adequate social protection system in Lebanon.
At this year’s OEWG on Ageing, did they finally #StopTalkingStartDrafting?
Marijke De Pauw, HelpAge's Global Rights Advisor gives us the overview.
“I don’t even know if the house I lived in is still standing.” Older people displaced by the war in Ukraine
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than three million people have passed through Lviv, a city in the west where the borders of five neighbouring countries converge. Most travel further into Europe becoming refugees, but the city and its surroundings has taken in around 500,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) since the start of the conflict, according to official data, and there are probably even more.
COVID: millions of older people have died without being counted
The WHO global estimates on excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic raise many uncomfortable truths about how we as a global community value the lives of older people and those in low- and middle-income countries.
Peace and health: a story of Moldovan generosity
It is impossible not to notice signs of Moldovan solidarity with Ukraine. One such story is that of Argentina, 45, who is the manager of Zarea Hotel in the centre of Chisinau.
Inside, they are crying: a Moldovan hotel manager reflects on her Ukrainian guests
When the war in Ukraine began, Moldova, a small country nestled between Ukraine and Romania and Europe's poorest nation, initially thought it could accommodate 15,000 refugees. To nearly everyone's surprise, it received nearly 27 times that number.
Under the same sky: reflections from the Moldova-Ukraine border
Our colleague visited Moldova's border with Ukraine at Palanca, where thousands of refugees cross every day to escape the war.
The face of a mass exodus: the older women caught up in war
Women and children have always been victims of war and Ukraine's conflict is no different. Yet the faces are markedly older in this crisis: 25% of Ukrainians are aged 60 or over, making this the world's 'oldest' war.
My daughter cries every day because her husband has had to stay behind to fight
How HelpAge staff and their families cope as war takes hold, again.
The impact of war on older people (in Ukraine and everywhere else)
The war in Ukraine has destroyed everybody's lives regardless of who they are.
“Explaining the lack of funds for ageing back in the 90s, the Under-Secretary General whispered “Between you and me, ageing is just not sexy.”
Read the Q&A with Dr Alexandre Sidorenko, eminent international policy expert on ageing and HelpAge board member.