Summary Mozambique has mounted its response to COVID-19 whilst grappling with growing armed conflict in the north of the country and attempting to recover from the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai...
Summary Older people, especially older refugees, remain one of the most at risk groups in Uganda both from COVID-19 and from pre-existing risks. Uganda hosts the third-largest refugee population in...
Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented socio-economic and health challenges for older people in Zimbabwe. The crisis has resulted in the breakdown of an already weakened health sector...
Humanitarian activities in Ukraine in response to the pandemic and conflict According to UN estimates, in the seventh year of the armed conflict in Donbas (the country’s east) an estimated 3.4...
Dear Prime Minister, On World Humanitarian Day, as we honour aid and health workers around the world who continue to fight relentlessly during the COVID-19 pandemic, we ask you to be our partner on...
With COVID-19 cases increasing and despite easing containment measures, many Kenyans, particularly older people living in Nairobi, remain at serious risk due to loss livelihoods and an inability to...
Donors must urgently come together and deliver a comprehensive assistance package for the people affected by the Beirut blast, HelpAge International said today as it published the findings of a Rapid...
Context The two explosions that erupted in Beirut on Tuesday August 4th, killed at least 178 people, with more than 6,000 people injured (as of 13/08/2020). Hundreds have been reported missing in the...
This report explores the intersection between age, gender and disability and the use of assistive technology (AT) by older people, in emergency response and as a tool for disaster risk reduction...
Older people face enormous challenges to recover from the psychological, health and economic impacts of the Beirut blast at a time when COVID-19 is on the rise in Lebanon, HelpAge International said...