Back 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....
A blog piece by the gender policy adviser reflecting on CSW69 and what lies ahead for older women.
Following 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...
The current edition of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Finance and Development is looking at the implications of population ageing.
This 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.
This 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...
The 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
HelpAge 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.
In 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.
Right 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,...
