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Last night, the UN High-level Panel on the post-2015 development process published its long-awaited report which sets out recommendations for a new global and universal development framework beyond the Millennium Development Goals, which expire in 2015. In a world where there will soon be more people over 60 than under 10, any new global development framework needs to address population ageing and its consequences.

A year after all 27 EU countries committed to challenging settlement expansion, forced displacement, and demolition of Palestinian property in an unprecedented Foreign Affairs Council statement, approvals for illegal settlements have increased and hundreds of Palestinian homes and structures have been bulldozed despite EU saying this must stop.

As EU ministers continue to develop their thinking at the EU level on a global post-2015 framework ahead of the UN Special Event in September 2013, the HelpAge European network writes collectively to call on you to ensure that a future framework reflects demographic realities in the world and is fully inclusive of people of all ages.

On World Health Day, 7 April, HelpAge is coordinating Age Demands Action campaigns in at least 26 countries – all calling for better health services for older people, including better provision for dealing with hypertension.

This World Health Day on 7 April 2013 will see doctors, students and army medics join older people's campaign groups around the world in a push for greater awareness of high blood pressure - also known as hypertension or raised blood pressure.

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) says unacounted deaths of people in Syria with diabetes, heart conditions and other chronic illnesses mean the true death toll of the war is far higher than the reported 70,000.

Leading British charities – including HelpAge sister organisation, Age International – have launched a public fundraising appeal to provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by the conflict in Syria.

The UN High-level Panel on the post-2015 development agenda is meeting this week on the Indonesian island of Bali. This is the fourth meeting of the panel, which later this year will deliver a key report with recommendations for a future development framework to succeed the Millennium Development Goals after 2015. The main focus for the meeting in Bali is the role of global partnerships for development.

Find out how the money raised through the DEC’s Haiti Earthquake Appeal in 2010 has helped to fund our essential rehabilitation work to help older people recover from the disaster.

Two years after the conflict in Syria began, 70,000 people are dead, two are million internally displaced and in excess of one million are refugees. HelpAge International is currently collaborating with Handicap International on its response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan.

The Government of India has made an unprecedented commitment to improve the Indira Ghandi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) and ensure every older person receives a pension.

The situation of older people in Myanmar has been extensively documented for the first time, with findings published in a new report today by HelpAge International in collaboration with Myanmar’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement.