Population ageing is a global phenomenon that is occurring fastest in low and middle-income countries. While ageing presents challenges to society, it also creates many opportunities. Older people make important contributions as family members, volunteers
The pain is getting worse. You leave your home at 5am to walk to the nearest health clinic. Then you stand in a queue for more than six hours. You finally reach the front of the queue, but are...
The First World Congress on Healthy Ageing took place this month in Malaysia, with over 1,500 delegates attending from nearly 40 countries. The main theme of the congress was holistic and active ageing. It was heartening to see the...
I got involved with HelpAge because older people should help others and raise future generations. In 2010, I worked on the project against bullying in schools where we, as older people, interacted with younger generations. In 2011, I was...
Shalom from friendly Haifa, Israel where, along with my colleague Dina, I have been attending a training course facilitated by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on community based services and care for older people. I want to...
Akwaaba! Greetings from Ghana! I'm Gill Miller from the University of Chester in the UK and I have just set up a small research project to find out about ageing and the health of older people in Accra, Ghana....
The 6th World Water Forum concluded recently in Marseille, France and generated a great deal of interest among policy makers, governments, development agencies and civil society. However, older people's concerns about current water crises, how they are af
At the beginning of March, the HelpAge HIV team spent a week in Uganda with our partners. The aim was to plan the fifth and final year of our Africa programme funded by the UK Big Lottery Fund to...
Having had more time to reflect on the discussions at the Commission for Social Development session in New York earlier this month, I am struck by the almost exclusive focus on youth poverty and unemployment. Very few member states...
International Women's Day is observed annually today, 8 March to celebrate the achievements of women throughout history and across nations. HelpAge is contributing to this global celebration by raising awareness of the struggles faced by many older women
I spent the last part of my trip to Palestine in Gaza. Crossing from Israel to the Gaza strip is a bizarre experience - like travelling between two different worlds connected at Erez by a long tunnel through no...
Today is my 55th day in Tanzania. I moved to Dar es Salaam from Kenya, where I worked with the HelpAge Africa Regional office for over a decade. I have received a warm welcome from all corners. Smiling faces...
