HelpAge and our Philippines partner, the Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE), today joined with Handicap International, Leonard Cheshire Disability Philippines Foundation and CBM to launch the Aging and Disability Task Force (ADTF) in the Philippines.
This World Health Day on 7 April 2013 will see doctors, students and army medics join older people's campaign groups around the world in a push for greater awareness of high blood pressure - also known as hypertension or raised blood pressure.
The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust was established to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s unrivalled 60 year contribution to the Commonwealth.
The Trust today annouced it will invest in six areas that reflect the six decades of The Queen’s reign.
HelpAge International have been invited to work in partneship across the Care with Dignity theme.
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.
This report provides a wide range of good examples of when data has had a positive effect on the policy and programming process. It also looks at strategies for overcoming barriers to and promoting the uptake of data in policy and practice.
To mark Human Rights Day on 10 December, HelpAge International has published new research that reveals the diversity of discrimination faced by older people around the world.
In this post Professor Jane Falkingham and Dr Athina Vlachantoni talk about their chapter on Social Protection for older people in Central Asia, published in 'Social Protection for Older Persons: Social Pensions in Asia.' You can read more about...
Global AgeWatch Policy Brief 3 highlights how older women and men are both affected by environmental change and are key contributors to the planet’s sustainability. The opportunities and challenges of global ageing should therefore be central to sustainable development agendas such as Rio+20 and the post-2015 development framework.
Violence against older people is a global issue, says HelpAge International on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, (15 June), as activists in 45 countries call for a UN convention on the rights of older people to protect them and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Care and support is one of the crucial pillars of a comprehensive response to HIV, alongside prevention and treatment. Yet care and support for people with HIV and their carers and families, has long been neglected, particularly in the...
