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Adult Vaccination in the Asia Pacific: Mobilising Policy and Practice Knowledge Expert Meeting Experts from the fields of ageing, infectious diseases, public health, medicine and nursing gathered in Singapore recently to discuss adult vaccination uptake in the Asia...
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Live from New York: What’s Happening in Ageing at the United Nations in 2019? The United Nations, founded in 1945, is currently made up of 193 Member States. You might ask “where does ageing fit into the UN’s mandate?” Actually, all of the issues mentioned above...
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Championing Change with Community Based Volunteers Community Development Volunteers for Technical Assistance (CDVTA) is an IFA member and community partner that advocates for the rights of older people in Cameroon. With a staff of 8 and a network of over 450...
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Introducing the IFA Post-Conference Education Webinar Series In 2018 the IFA held its largest global conference to date, convening over 1200 delegates. However, there are many more people who wanted to participate and were unable. As such, it is with great excitement...
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Addressing inequalities within a rapidly ageing global population To address a rapidly ageing global population, governments, civil society and individuals have had to come together to work towards creating a world of healthy older people whose rights and choices are...
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Free and equal across the life course? The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70 years old today – Human Rights Day. This document was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) on 10 December, 1948 and sets out the common standards of...
