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World Health Organization – Seeking Candidates for Director of Ageing and Life Course (ALC)
The World Health Organization (WHO) seeks candidates for the following senior level position Deadline for applications EXTENDED: 1 November 2018 Director of Ageing and Life...
Presentations from the IFA 14th Global Conference on Ageing Available
The International Federation on Ageing (IFA) was proud to host the 14th Global Conference on Ageing in Toronto, Canada. Over 1,200 delegates from more than 70 countries across...
Towards a Decade of Healthy Ageing
This is an excerpt from a recently published article in Health Europa Quarterly By Dr Jane Barratt and Megan Acton The International Federation on Ageing (IFA) is dedicated to a...
Mobilising For The Ninth Session Of The Open-ended Working Group On Ageing
Earlier this week the IFA partnered with the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP) to host a webinar that provided information for all NGOs engaging in the OEWG...
MENTOR-AFE: Building leaders for an age-friendly world
The World Health Organization and the International Federation on Ageing are excited to announce the launch of the Age-friendly Environments Mentoring Programme (MENTOR-AFE),...
Webinar Announcement: WHO/IFA Webinar Series – 28 February 2018, 1 PM GMT
Webinar Announcement: Social inclusion and the design of age-friendly spaces (28 February 2018, 1pm GMT) The upcoming WHO / IFA webinar – Social inclusion and the design of...
Exploring lifelong immunization as a foundation of healthy ageing
The International Federation on Ageing (IFA), in collaboration with Ældre Sagen, convened the Adult Vaccination: A Public Health Priority expert meeting on 16-17 January 2018 in...
Webinar Announcement: “Ageism and Age-Based Discrimination in LGBTQ2 Communities” (8 February 2018, 12 PM EST)
The IFA - in partnership with SAGE and Egale Canada - are proud to present the latest webinar in the series on older LGBTQ2 people. "Ageism and Age-Based Discrimination in LGBTQ2...
IFA and ILC-UK joint statement on proposed changes to UK childhood pneumococcal immunisation programme
In October 2017, the British Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) proposed that childhood vaccination for pneumococcal disease be moved from a 2+1 schedule (two...
WHO / IFA Webinar “Engaging Planners as Livable Community Allies” – 7 February 2018 – 11 AM EST
The IFA and the WHO are pleased to present the latest in the webinar series on age friendly communities. The webinar "Engaging Planners as Livable Community Allies" will be...
A letter from the President of the IFA, Mr Bjarne Hastrup
The International Federation on Ageing would like to seize the opportunity of the Holiday season to wish all of our members, supporters and friends happy holidays, Merry...
EuroAgeism seeking 15 PhD candidates for ageism related research project
EuroAgeism is seeking 15 excellent early stage researchers (ESR) for a 3-year fully funded Ph.D. program in multiple research areas. EuroAgeism is a prestigious program that is a...