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The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its World Report on Ageing and Health, a publication that brings a welcome shift in focus to older people.

As an older woman who has worked on gender equality issues and women's rights for nearly 50 years, I feel very let down by the final Global Acceleration Plan for Gender Equality that was launched at the UN Generation Equality Forum in Paris at the end of June 2021.

Last week the European Commission released a new communication on social protection. This is the first time that the EU, the world’s biggest aid donor, has sought to explain how EU development cooperation can support the strengthening of social protection systems around the world.

We are all living in an era of unprecedented ageing, yet the voices of older people in developing countries and the issues they face remain mostly unheard. In fact, many of us living in Europe are completely detached from...

Non-communicable diseases account for 79% of deaths in Jamaica, of which diabetes complications cause 11%. In spite of this, the Caribbean country has few systems in place to address these growing figures.
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You wait to read a news story about global ageing for weeks and then they all come at once! It's been a busy week for those of us who trawl through the global media looking for stories about ageing....

On International Women's Day, we hear from activist Margaret Itola Kabango about women's empowerment in Uganda. Margaret has been an Age Demands Action (ADA) campaigner for seven years, sits on the ADA steering group and before that she was...

There is no avoiding the impending threat of climate change and the impact it is already having around the world - most often affecting already struggling and developing regions of the globe. Age change Another phenomenon that is transforming...

As part of Age Demands Action in Europe, campaigners from across Europe and Kenya are marching to the European Parliament to urge the EU to make its development policy age-friendly on 4 October. The event will be chaired by Thijs Berman, MEP, and Coordinator for the Socialists and Democrats Group on the Development Committee.

This week, the Brazilian government and the WHO opened the first World Conference on Social Determinants of Health in Rio de Janeiro. Over 50 ministers are attending as well as secretaries of health from all around the world and...