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This review is a snapshot of how the cluster system and individual agencies have supported and integrated older people’s needs into emergency response and relief efforts in the first three months after Haiti’s earthquake.
This guideline describes a model for supporting older home-based carers of people living with HIV, developed by HelpAge International in Tanzania.
An article by HelpAge International in Goma, DR Congo about the challenges faced by older people living there.
This paper summarises the findings of a study of older people’s living conditions in Addis Ababa, covering food and income security, shelter, water and sanitation, health, HIV and AIDS, training and care.
Issue 3 discusses the UNAIDS commitment to address the impact of HIV and AIDS on older people, HIV prevalence in people aged 50 and above, the role of traditional health practitioners, and the need for age-friendly VCT services.
This leaflet outlines what we stand for and what we offer to governments and international bodies, NGOs and community groups, academics and supporters.
A&D28 discusses a study from Tanzania which shows that a universal social pension would be an affordable and feasable way of reducing old-age poverty. Other articles cover social pensions and human rights, research on urban poverty in Ethiopia, and UN concern about violence.
This report summarises the findings of an investigation into the feasibility of achieving universal access to old age income through a social pension system in Tanzania.
Issue 10 reports on Cyclone Nargis one year on, Thai prime minister's guarantee of rights in old age, homecare regional meeting, studies on social pensions in south Asia, and older people in rural China.
Issue 33 looks at making wills and writing memory books. It celebrates the twentieth anniversary of HelpAge Ghana and describes the plight of older people who are being accused of witchcraft in Kenya.
A&D 27 shows that older people have a unique perspective on climate change. It also includes news and reviews on health, population ageing, social pensions and the Haiti earthquake.
A&D 26 sets out the case for a UN convention on the rights of older people. Other articles cover decent work, witchcraft allegations, social pensions and self-help groups.
