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HelpAge International welcomes a major shift in thinking on health in older age, with the release of the WHO’s World Report on Ageing and Health today.

Ms Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, the Independent Expert on the full enjoyment of all human rights of older persons, presented her first annual report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva this week.

Today, (15 June) Age Demands Action campaigners in 40 countries, will bring attention to elder abuse and the importance of a new UN convention on the rights of older people.

From Sierra Leone, to Ghana, to Tanzania, campaigners have shown their support for Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by joining together and raising their index fingers at 1pm on 1 October - but they didn't...

By Camilla Williamson, Global Healthy Ageing Adviser at HelpAge International.
Our health and our access to services that support our health are central to our wellbeing and our ability to do the things that matter to us.

This week, HelpAge International is launching the first Disaster Risk and Age Index, ranking 190 countries across the world on the disaster risk faced by older people, at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai.

Kenya’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance has announced an increase in the cash transfer programme for older people, after lobbying by HelpAge International and HelpAge Kenya.

New report examines the unmet financial needs of older people, particularly in Latin America, and charges policymakers and financial services providers to consider older people as an increasingly important market segment.

On 10 December 2014, Human Rights Day, HelpAge International is marking the occasion with a renewed call for governments to challenge the wide range of human rights violations experienced every day by many older women and men.

A new report on the provision of care and support in resource-poor countries identifies older people as primary carers in the global HIV response.