30 March 2015 - Hanoi, Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged the Ministry of Health to establish additional geriatric wards in hospitals and coordinate with the Vietnam Social Insurance to intensify healthcare access for the elderly [...]
Comprehensive public health action on population ageing is urgently needed. This will require fundamental shifts, not just in the things we do, but in how we think about ageing itself. The World report on ageing and health outlines a [...]
Older people in more than 50 countries will come together on the International Day of Older Persons (Thursday 1 October) to celebrate ageing and draw attention to the issues they face. Among the actions planned, campaigners will be sheltering [...]
HelpAge International welcomes a major shift in thinking on health in older age, with the release of the WHO’s World Report on Ageing and Health today. “The WHO report, moves us away from thinking about health in older age [...]
When the new Sustainable Development Goals are adopted at this year’s UN General Assembly, governments must respond to the global phenomenon of population ageing, and support women and men as they age. “This summit is not business as usual,” [...]
The Global AgeWatch Index ranks countries according to the social and economic wellbeing of older people. Our third report shows what works for older people but also highlights how much work needs to be done. This year the Index [...]
Today (Wednesday 9 September 2015), HelpAge International is launching the Global AgeWatch Index 2015, ranking 96 countries according to the social and economic wellbeing of older people. The Index represents 91 per cent of people aged 60 and over, [...]
This edition of AgeNews features the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Ageing and provides examples of older people-led innovative activities. It demonstrates how much older people can do with their creativity and energy, both for themselves and for [...]
The brochure summarises the key results and lesson learned from the project "Community-based services for older people in Cambodia'. Language: English Published: HelpAge Cambodia, 2015 Size: 285 KB Download
This manual provides a practical guidance and lesson learned from HelpAge Cambodia's experience on implementation of community-based services from early 2014 to June 2015. The challenges and successes from the pilot project have been shared with NGOs and government [...]
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