Publications

This study by HelpAge International and the Zanzibar Department for Health and Social Welfare recommends that a universal pension scheme is the best way to alleviate poverty among older people.

Spanish translation of The mark of a noble society: human rights and older people

This briefing was produced to mark United Nations Human Rights Day 2000. It challenges the way poverty, social exclusion and discriminatory attitudes effectively set age limits on human rights.

This briefing discusses key issues on gender and ageing. It was produced in preparation for the Second World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid in April 2002.

This briefing discusses how lack of transport is a barrier to older women and men, preventing them from accessing basic social services and participating in local activities.

This background briefing for an intergovernmental regional workshop in Livingstone, Zambia, examines new ways of tackling poverty and promoting human rights in Africa.

This briefing outlines the role of social pensions in ensuring everyone can age in security and with dignity, and how different stakeholders can contribute to achieving this.

This briefing discusses how thinking on social protection programmes was taken forward at a meeting of African governments in Zambia. It summarises points raised including barriers to social protection.

This report discusses how, two years after the tsunami, Aceh was used as an opportunity to rebuild age-friendly healthcare services.

This briefing outlines how in Mozambique older people have set up support groups to cut the cost of care and increase income. Their initiatives have funded poverty certificates, transport to testing centres, and so on.

This briefing highlights the reasons for recognising the key role of older people as counsellors and carers. It is based on the Southern Sudan Older People’s Organisation's work in Juba, Southern Sudan.

This briefing discusses how supporting older carers in South Africa can improve the wellbeing of their dependants.