The food, fuel, finance crisis: Yemen under the spotlight
NewsYemen experiencing the aftermath of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
...people. National and international aid programmes must include older people amongst the most vulnerable groups whose needs must be met. Read HelpAge International’s policy brief: Older people in crisis in...
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...people. National and international aid programmes must include older people amongst the most vulnerable groups whose needs must be met. Read HelpAge International’s policy brief: Older people in crisis in...
World Health Day 2015: Age Demands Action on access to age-friendly health services for older people
NewsToday (7 April) on World Health Day, Age Demands Action campaigners are calling for access to age-friendly health services for older people to bring a halt to exclusion, discrimination and stigma.
Strengthening Senior Citizens: a collection of national policy, process and success stories from Nepal
ResourceThis publication is a compilation of national policies for older people in Nepal, and roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders towards older people at district level. It includes older people's association members’ experiences and stories.
HIV High Level Meeting neglects older people
NewsThe UN High Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV closed on Friday 10 June. The final declaration produced failed to address the ageing of the HIV epidemic and the importance of carers in dealing with the disease.
Older people’s perceptions of health and wellbeing – learning from Health Outcomes Tool
Blog postBack in 2013, HelpAge began a discussion about how we were measuring health in older age. This soon turned into a much bigger conversation about healthy ageing and the inadequacy of existing data collection on older people's health....
Reflections from CSW69
NewsA blog piece by the gender policy adviser reflecting on CSW69 and what lies ahead for older women.
Age Demands Action: Older people’s activism produces positive change
Blog postFollowing on from our biggest Age Demands Action yet on 1 October, policy pledges are already translating into positive change for older people across the world. Progress on pensions and social assistance In Ethiopia, the pension payment scheme has...
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.
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...