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Eye See You Holiday Photo Contest 2018
The Eye See You campaign aims to improve eye health education and help Canadians maintain and promote vision health across the life course. This holiday season, the International...
Prevention is the Best Medicine: The Importance of Immunization to the Health of Seniors
On Tuesday 27 November 2018, health care professionals, public health officials, stakeholders in ageing, immunization and lung conditions, and interested members of the public...
It takes a community to prevent a fall: We all have a role to play
IFA Guest Blogger: Marguerite Oberle Thomas, Consultant -Liaison, Fall Prevention Community of Practice. Thomas, a senior, has worked in Injury Prevention since 1996. Fall...
Man(ageing) Diabetes #WDD2018
What is Diabetes? Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases globally and continues to increase in numbers and significance. Diabetes is a...
Human rights do not diminish with age – The #AgeingEqual Campaign
Ageism, whether explicit or implicit, is pervasive in society. Through stigma, prejudice and age-based discrimination, ageism negatively impacts older people at both the...
Ending Ageism: Toward a world for all ages
WHO/IFA Webinar 9 On 30 October, the International Federation on Ageing (IFA), in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), hosted a webinar on ageism titled “Ending...
“Vaccination and the at-risk population of adults with heart and lung conditions” Expert Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden
“Vaccination and the at-risk population of adults with heart and lung conditions” was a recent IFA hosted meeting (11-12 October) in Sweden that brought together for the first...
Healthy Lung Month: The Role of a Caregiver
IFA Guest Blogger: Lauren Eaton, Communications Specialist with The Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center (MAA). The MAA Center brings attention to the dangers of asbestos and...
Blindness is Not Inevitable – World Sight Day 2018
Today is World Sight Day – an awareness day dedicated to drawing attention to vision health issues. Maintaining vision function is a key aspect of healthy ageing as it can enable...
World Sight Day: #EyeSeeYou Partner CCB is Raising the Importance of Eye Health
In honour of World Sight Day, the IFA welcomes guest blogger Ms Louise Gillis, National President, Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) and Eye See You partner. --- The CCB is the...
Celebrating Older Human Rights Champions for #IDOP2018
A ‘champion’ is an individual that facilitates change – whether it’s organizational, institutional, or social – and is active throughout all the stages of change. The role of...
“Vaccinations and the At-risk Adult Population of Diabetes” Expert Meeting, Belfast, UK
From 6-7 September 2018, the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) convened a diverse group of 21 experts in the fields of public health, diabetes, ageing, immunology and...