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Press Release Adult Vaccination Advocacy Toolkit Project 10 June 2022 Vaccination is a simple, safe, and effective way of protecting people against harmful infectious diseases...

The Board of the International Federation on Ageing, in accordance with the corporation bylaws,  welcomes full members to the Annual Members Meeting held virtually on the 11th November 2020 commencing at 7.00am EST. 

In response to the increased apathy towards older adults' health and wellbeing in society, Homecare Hub is thrilled to announce their partnership with the IFA on an...

Press Release COVID-19 Exposing a Wider Ageism Pandemic The response to control the COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled just how widespread ageism is – older and younger people have...

Written by:Jane Barratt, Secretary General, International Federation on Ageing Unity only happens when we all walk together, and now is the time to end immunization inequity in...

Press Release Empowering Canadian civil society organizations in the fight against influenza  10 February 2021  Influenza is among the leading causes for hospitalization in older...

The Baseline Report for the Decade of Healthy Ageing sets the stage for the second action plan of the Global Strategy, the Decade of Healthy Ageing (The Decade).

The United Nations General Assembly today declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Ageing. The IFA extends sincere congratulates all those who worked collaboratively towards this effort; pledges to view all its work through the lens of the four action areas of the Decade; and looks forward to contributing to a whole-of-society-approach to age and ageing.

From 9-12 November 2021, the IFA 15th Global Conference on Ageing, "Rights Matter" will be convened both virtually and in person. Pre-Conference summits and master classes will...

The IFA’s vaccines4life.com is thrilled to have joined the Vaccine Safety Net, a global network of websites, established by the World Health Organization, that provides reliable information on vaccine safety.

Dr. Jane Barratt, Secretary General of the International Federation on Ageing, has been announced as the Civil Society representative of Vaccine Strategy for the ACT-Accelerator Vaccine Pillar (COVAX), which aims to accelerate the development and access to quality, and affordable COVID19 diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.