For countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, natural disasters are common. We experience droughts, earthquakes, floods, forest fires, hurricanes, landslides, tsunamis, and volcanoes. Internal conflicts also cause internal displacement and mass migrat
Two years ago Zanzibar took the revolutionary step of becoming the first in East and Central Africa to introduce a universal pension scheme for those over 70. Since its introduction, 28,117 older people are now benefitting from the scheme. Although...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have the potential to end poverty, reduce inequality and tackle climate change by 2030. At the heart of the goals is a commitment to ensure that No one is left behind' and that no...
HelpAge International speaks to Manuel Basilio, spokesperson of HelpAge network member the National Older People Forum (FTI). During the Mozambican civil war (1977 to 1992) one million people died and millions of others were left in poverty. War survi
Ugandan Activist Margaret Kabango reflects on her experience at Women Deliver 2019 - the biggest global conference on gender equality. We've come a long way in the fight for gender equality. During the opening discussions, a young woman from Zambia...
Universal health coverage must be fit for an ageing world Camilla Williamson reflects on this year's World Health Assembly and the journey towards inclusive universal health coverage. The 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva ended last week. This
In the run up to the 2019 Women Deliver conference our board member Ferdous Begum discusses why older women are left out of gender equality debates. Older women in lower and middle income countries face great obstacles to gender...
As a representative of HelpAge, I have been privileged to attend each session of the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing and witness all the work that goes into the entire process. Every year, civil society organisations, older activists,...
When delivering pensions to Myanmar's remote villages, you might assume the only option is for an official to hand over the cash to each older man and woman in person. Surely these older people do not have access to...
Dementia affects more than 7% of the population of Lebanon, which is higher than the global prevalence average. Studies show that younger relatives are expected to provide care and support to older family members with dementia. As the...
By Bilquis Tahira and Peace Kyamureku After a lifetime of economic disadvantage and discrimination, women around the world often end up with little or no income to sustain an adequate standard of living in older age. In early March, governments, mul
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....
