The vaccination programme in Russia is marred in controversy and not universally popular. Confidence in the vaccines is low and the government is resorting to the use of carrots and sticks to encourage people to get vaccinated.
In Kyrgyzstan, HelpAge network member, Resource Centre for Elderly (RCE), is running a vaccination awareness campaign and helping the government reach all older people. Svetlana Bashtovenko, head of RCE, shares her experience on vaccination roll-out in Kyrgyzstan.
We spoke with Sanju Thapa Magar (Ageing Nepal, HelpAge Network member) about the problems that older peole are facing in the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal, and access to vaccines.
The second wave of COVID has taken its toll in India, and our healthcare systems are facing a lot of difficulties. The last two months have been an enormous struggle and everyone is now talking about the possibility of a third wave.
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India is experiencing a catastrophic surge of the COVID-19 pandemic and older people are at greatest risk. Here is what field staff at HelpAge India say about the challenges older people are currently experiencing in this pandemic and how they can be helped.
As the dust settles in Gaza from the recent conflict, there is much work to be done to help a traumatised community recover. We spoke to Oday El-Meghari, Executive Manager of El-Wedad Society, our partner organisation in Gaza to find out about the situation now.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and HelpAge International warned today that the COVID-19 pandemic is putting older people on the move across Latin America at risk, damaging their wellbeing and limiting their access to vital rights and services.
A new study shows that the coronavirus pandemic has made it even harder for older refugees and other forcibly displaced people to feed themselves and keep a roof over their heads.
The second wave of COVID-19 is devastating India. GRAVIS and HelpAge India are stepping up to the challenge across the nation.
Around 10 older people in Gaza have already been killed by the recent escalation in violence and many more are at risk, living in houses exposed to the bombardment
The decision by the US government to support a TRIPS waiver on the patents protecting Covid-19 vaccines could be a game-changer in the campaign to ensure equitable distribution of the vaccine around the world.
