HelpAge International has deployed over 200 staff and volunteers to eight communes in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to work in cholera prevention with at-risk communities. These include nurses, community support workers and volunteer home-based carers.
Twenty leaders of older people’s associations from Asian countries and HelpAge Network members have called for G20 action to build societies for all ages.
HelpAge International in Kyrgyzstan is hosting a large celebration in Bishkek for World Diabetes Day 2010.
A HelpAge International study has found just 0.2% of humanitarian funding is allocated specifically for older people during emergencies.
13 Latin American countries have openly and directly supported a motion to work towards a regional convention on the rights of older people.
In a major step forward in the protection of older women’s rights, the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee has adopted a new general recommendation on the rights of older women.
In Haiti, at least 250 people have died and over 3,000 cases of cholera have been confirmed. As a result, HelpAge’s health teams are rapidly stepping-up services in camps where we work with older people.
HelpAge International is distributing 3,500 cold weather kits in Pakistan to help older people this winter. The kits contain blankets and clothing for older people affected by flooding.
A new report launched in Addis Ababa reveals how older Ethiopians city-dwellers are facing severe food shortages and poverty.
Thousands of older people around the world are taking part in HelpAge International's Age Demands Action campaign 2010.
Hundreds of older Haitians will take to the streets on Friday, the UN International Day of Older Persons, to ensure they are not excluded from plans to rebuild Haiti.
The costs associated with dementia will amount to more than 1% of the world's gross domestic product this year at $604bn a new global report says.
