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This policy brief looks at how a regional strategic plan for eye health would provide a framework for governments, training institutions, civil society organizations and various other agencies to address the eye health crisis in Southern Africa.

Older people's lives at risk: Addressing the crisis in Mozambique

Older people in urgent need of support in Malawi.

This briefing explains the nature of gender inequality in older age and recommends how the EU's development and external action policies on gender equality and women’s empowerment can be implemented in a way that will benefit all people in older age.

Maldives: Population Ageing - Policy case study

Sri Lanka's economic crisis hits older people hards - an urgent call for action.

Older people in crisis in Argentina: an urgent need for action

At the end of March, the European Affiliates of HelpAge International gathered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, to agree shared objectives and develop ways of working more closely as a network. The European Commission funding secured last year has given project...

Louise Cripps, HelpAge's Rights Policy Intern, writes about the impact of UN conventions and whether this justifies a push for a convention on older people's rights: Today, Kenya is reporting in their first Universal Periodic Review at the United...