Publications

The Rapid needs assessment of older people in Kigoma, Tanzania contains the findings of an assessment of the needs of older refugees in Nyarugusu, Mtendeli and Nduta camps who have fled unrest in Burundi, together with observations and analysis by HelpAge's humanitarian team and sectoral advisers. The report aims to help all organisations operating in Tanzania, including humanitarian agencies, donors and cluster groups, to develop and implement inclusive programmes, and to support advocacy for the rights of older refugees.

COVID-19 - Recomendaciones para los centros geriatricos

This policy brief explores the implementation of the World Health Organization's Package of Essential Non-communicable Disease Interventions in Myanmar, looking at the challenges and how they can be overcome.

COVID-19 - Recomendaciones para comunidades y OPAs

COVID-19 - Mensajes clave para la incidencia FINAL

Edadismo, discriminacion por edad y derechos de las personas mayores en la respuesta a COVID-19

COVID-19 - Proteccion a las personas mayores en una pandemia

COVID-19 - Consejos y recomendaciones para personas mayores

Este documento proporciona orientación y asesoramiento para las residencias de personas mayores sobre coronavirus o COVID-19. Si bien las personas mayores en residencias son particularmente vulnerables al COVID-19, hay pasos que se pueden tomar para reducir su riesgo y garantizar que estén bien atendidos y respaldados. El personal de atención domiciliaria también debe ser atendido y debe tener información para protegerse a sí mismo y a los que están bajo su cuidado. El documento incluye información sobre comportamiento personal, las acciones a tomar dentro de las residencias, la interacción con el exterior, las responsabilidades de gestión, gobernanza y qué hacer si se sospecha que alguien tiene el COVID-19.

As the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps the globe and dominates news headlines, humanitarian and development organisations are facing an unprecedented challenge to prepare and respond. We ask all those responding to the pandemic to consider explicitly its impact on older people. This Age International and HelpAge International briefing paper provides advice on how to respond to the specific needs and rights of older people, keeping the communities we work with as protected as possible from the impacts of the disease.

This document provides HelpAge International staff, network members and partners with key messages to advocate for the effective inclusion of older people in preparedness planning and ongoing responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid-19 is a new disease that presents specific risks for older people. It has been characterised by the WHO as 'a controllable pandemic' which all countries need to prepare for and respond to. This presents a challenge for low- and middle-income countries with weaker health and care systems, as well as in countries hosting populations of refugees and displaced people living in camps.