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HelpAge responds to devastating earthquake in Haiti

A massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck Haiti. The extent of the devastation is still not clear but HelpAge International staff on the ground indicate that thousands of people have died.

Older people: Witness to climate change

Climate change and global ageing are two of the biggest issues facing humanity this century, yet explicit links between the two are rarely made.

World AIDS Day 2009; largest share of new infections in Africa are older couples

As people around the world commemorate World AIDS Day this year, some may feel some cautious optimism, as the new global figures for HIV and AIDS were released. Last week UNAIDS and WHO published the AIDS 2009 Epidemic Update. According to the report, the number of new HIV infections around the world has dropped by 17 per cent in the past eight years