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Older people in Tanzania are to have a specific ministry devoted to their welfare for the first time in the country’s history.

Tanzania’s incoming government is opening a new ministry that will have a focus on the welfare of the country’s older men and women – a fantastic achievement for those advocating for the rights of older people.

HelpAge welcomes the Paris climate change agreement as a historic achievement but is alarmed by the exclusion of older people from the list of those considered to live in vulnerable situations, whose rights need to be addressed.

Adapting to climate change today will protect older people from natural disasters, droughts and famine tomorrow, says HelpAge International.

To coincide with the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, or COP21, today we launch a new paper Climate change in an ageing world. The report provides a series of recommendations on how to protect older people from the impacts of climate change.

The first week of the Paris climate change conference is a welcome step forward but the wellbeing of older people needs specific focus, says HelpAge International.

HelpAge India is responding to the floods in Chennai after the city of 4.6 million people experienced the heaviest rainfall in a century.

As access to anti-retroviral treatment (ART) grows, the population living with HIV is rapidly ageing, yet care services are ill-equipped for older people.

A fast track approach is needed to address the rapid ageing of the AIDS epidemic and the needs of people living with HIV in older age, says HelpAge International.

HelpAge International has launched a low-cost, simple tool that can assess older people’s needs and vulnerabilities in the event of a humanitarian crisis.

As refugees continue to flee violence and uncertainty in Burundi, the camps where they seek sanctuary in Tanzania are becoming increasingly overstretched.

Health and shelter for Burundian refugees in Tanzania are poised to get worse in already overstretched camps, the aid agencies Oxfam, Help Age International, Plan International, Save the Children, International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) warned today, if there is an increased influx of refugees across the border.