IMF: “Integrating ageing into all aspects of development”
Blog postThe current edition of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Finance and Development is looking at the implications of population ageing.
...to consider, which include “integrating ageing into all aspects of development” and “involving the elderly more in major policy decisions”. [also…”Fundamental reforms in existing pension systems” and “Making healthcare affordable...
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...to consider, which include “integrating ageing into all aspects of development” and “involving the elderly more in major policy decisions”. [also…”Fundamental reforms in existing pension systems” and “Making healthcare affordable...
Keeping pace with demographic change: Guidance on ageing for EU development policy (Slovene)
ResourceThis briefing explains why responding to population ageing and furthering the rights of older people are urgent issues for the EU's development cooperation, and proposes how the EU can strengthen its development policy.
World AIDS Day: Zero discrimination against older people with HIV, please
Blog postThis World AIDS Day, here in Kenya, we will be focusing on health services for older people paying particular attention to their experience when coming to hospital and clinics. In Kenya there are around 1.8 million older people (aged...
IMF: “Integrating ageing into all aspects of development”
Blog postThe current edition of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Finance and Development is looking at the implications of population ageing. The video accompanying the report makes strong recommendations for steps to consider, which include "integrating ag
UN meeting must include older carers in HIV and AIDS response
NewsHelpAge will attend the UN High Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV in New York in June to try and ensure older people are included in the global response to HIV and AIDS.
Developing countries face ageing revolution
NewsIn 2050, just 35 years’ time, there will be more older people worldwide (aged 60 and over) than children under 16 for the first time in history. Today, almost two-thirds (62%) of the 868 million people in the world aged over 60 live in developing countries; this proportion is expected to increase to 80% in 2050.
ADA activists take action in Asia
Blog postRight across the Asia Pacific region, the inspiring campaigning efforts of Age Demands Action activists have made national governments sit up and listen! Older people from Cambodia, to Fiji, to Thailand and the Philippines have met the decision makers,...
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: Activists call for UN convention on older people’s rights
NewsToday, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, activists in 40 countries are taking part in our Age Demands Action for Rights campaign to call for a UN convention on the rights of older people.
Davos 2014: Deep discussions to reshape an ageing world
Blog post"One in every two children born today will see their 104th birthday". This was just one of many remarkable predictions and challenges that Al Gore placed in front of a packed auditorium last Thursday at the World Economic Forum...
Getting ageing and Alzheimer’s included in UN Summit on NCDs
NewsHelpAge and its partners, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) and International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC-UK) are campaigning to get ageing and Alzheimer's on agenda of UN Summit on NCDs.