Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) 2017

Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld 22nd and 23rd Fl., 999/99 Rama 1 Road, Patumwan, Bangkok, Thailand

The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) is an annual international conference focusing on policy-related health issues of global significance. The conference is hosted by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, the Thai Ministry of Public Health, Mahidol University and other global [...]

Health Outcomes Tool (HOT) Training in Chiang Mai

Convention Center, the Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand 199/42 Chang Klan Rd, Chiang Mai, Thailand

"Health Outcomes Tool" (HOT) is a simple assessment that can be administered at the field level, to help us understand how older people's health status, functionality, and access to health services change over time. To introduce this new tool to HelpAge [...]

Webinar “Old age social protection in an ageing Asia”

HelpAge International will organise a webinar entitled "Old age social protection in an ageing Asia: current trends and future directions" on socialprotection.org to present the report. This webinar will discuss the findings from new research by HelpAge International, supported by [...]

Regional Expert Forum on Integrated Care for Older Persons

Nanjing, China , China

ESCAP is organising the Regional Expert Forum on Integrated Care for Older Persons from 17 – 19 March 2017 in Nanjing, China. More than sixty participants have been drawn from governments in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as think tanks, [...]

Changing population age structures and sustainable development

UN Headquarters NY, United States

The United Nations' Commission on Population and Development kicked off its 50th annual session, with a focus on changing population age structures and sustainable development. the meeting took place from 3-7 April at UN Headquarter in New York. To find more [...]

World Health Day

World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization, provides us with a unique opportunity to mobilise action around a specific health topic of concern to people all [...]

Regional Learning Exchange Network on Women’s Financial Security in Old Age “Strategic Advocacy Campaign Workshop”

Convention Center, the Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand , Thailand

Regional learning network on women’s financial security in old age ILC Singapore (ILC-S), a Tsao Foundation Initiative and member of the International Longevity Centre Global Alliance, kicked-off a collaborative research on women’s impoverishment with the main goal to advocate for [...]

ADB Global Think Tank Summit 2017

Pacifico Yokohama, Conference Center , Japan

The Asian Development Bank Institute (ADB) and the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) of the University of Pennsylvania will be holding the Global Think Tank Summit 2017 in Yokohama, Japan on 1-3 May 2017. Please visit https://www.adb.org/news/events/global-think-tank-summit-2017 for more information [...]

2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Cancun, Mexico

The 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in Cancun, Mexico on 22-26 May. It will be the first time the most important international forum dedicated to the disaster risk reduction agenda has been staged outside Geneva. [...]

The Asian Conference on Aging and Gerontology 2017

Art Center Kobe Kobe, Japan

The theme of this 2017 Conference is “East Meets West: Innovation and Discovery”. The conference will focus on the challenges that demand a collective response. It will highlight the need to harness our abilities as scientists, policymakers, practitioners, engineers and educators [...]