Publications

This poster shows how to prepare for an emergency, including community mapping, communications, preparing an evacuation bag, and general preparedness.

This checklist provides an illustrated guide of what to pack in an evacuation bag in case of an emergency.

This study focuses on communities in the Philippines, that have been affected by natural disasters. It also makes policy recommendations to government and voluntary organisations’ emergency and relief services.

This brochure looks at the invaluable contributions older people make to community safety in the Philippines. It looks at the role played by older people’s associations in responding to disasters and in preparing for future emergencies.

This A5 size comic, shows how older people play an important role in disaster preparation and response activities; as leaders, teachers and mentors. The story highlights older people’s role as leaders who help communities rebuild and recover.

This report looks at the work done by HelpAge and its partners under the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) funded project “Strengthening Regional Responses to Mitigate the Impact of HIV and AIDS among Older People in Africa.”

This policy brief sets out why and how the EU, as the world's largest aid donor, must start including older people in its development policies and programmes.

This publication highlights the situation of older people affected by the conflict in Colombia, specifically displaced people. It also makes recommendations on how to respond to older people's specific needs in crisis situations.

A&D30 highlights the rise of non-communicable diseases and argues for a lifecourse approach that includes older age. It also discusses older people’s rights, ageing in Latin America and drought in east Africa.

This report in progress is part of an assessment of the implementation of MIPAA. It looks at existing policies, legislation, data, research and institutional arrangements. It provides information on the implementation of MIPAA in 133 countries; with 32 in detail.

This manual, developed with UNFPA, will support partners who are conducting the bottom-up, participatory review of MIPAA with older people around the world.

This manual provides guidelines for collecting video and written testimonies on age discrimination. The focus is on exploring the experiences, perceptions, fears and hopes of older people. This activity will contribute to a report on the “State of the world’s older persons 2012”.