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HelpAge International

Age inclusion handbook

Guide

30 Jul 2025

Age Inclusion Handbook (2024) – HelpAge InternationalThe Age Inclusion Handbook is a comprehensive three-part resource designed to support practitioners, partners, and organisations in embedding age inclusion across humanitarian and development programming.Section 1 provides practical technical guidance notes across 13 thematic and operational areas, offering concrete steps to ensure older peopl...

GuideMultisectoral ActionHealthy Aging

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HelpAge International

Toolkit for homebased incontinence care

Guide

29 Jul 2025

This toolkit was developed in Malawi and designed by older women and men living with incontinence, alongside their caregivers, in collaboration with MANEPO. In 2024, older people and caregivers shared the challenges they face with daily self-care. A team from MANEPO then worked with them to develop a step-by-step toolkit to address these daily challenges and provide home-based ways for improving t...

GuideMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesAccess to essential medicines and services
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HelpAge International

HelpAge Global Network Response - Zero Draft Political declaration of the fourth HLM on NCDs and mental health

Dialogue

27 May 2025

We welcome the Zero Draft’s focus on leadership, equity, and integrated, people-centred care. We are particularly encouraged by the inclusion of older people, long-term care, and the life-course approach.However, we remain concerned by the continued use of ageist and discriminatory language, and by the lack of meaningful commitments in several key areas:Healthy Ageing:&nbsp;The disproportionate...

DialogueMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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HelpAge International

Mental Health & Psychosocial Support and older people in humanitarian crises, Good practice guide

Guide

11 Nov 2024

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) and Older People in Humanitarian Crises – Good Practice GuideThis practical guide by HelpAge International outlines key actions for integrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) into humanitarian responses for older people. Covering preparedness, response, and recovery phases, it offers evidence-based strategies to reduce suffering, pro...

GuideMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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HelpAge International

Achieving UHC fit for an ageing world

Report

05 Nov 2024

By 2030, 1.4 billion people will be aged 60 and over. Yet the majority of health and care systems worldwide remain unprepared for population ageing and associated rises in rates non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and disabilities. This is particularly true in low- and middle-income countries where the majority of older people live.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Today, millions of older people in these co...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+13

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HelpAge International

Driving equitable action on NCDs and healthy ageing to achieve health for all at all ages

Briefs & Fact Sheets

05 Nov 2024

Older people are the age group most at risk from NCDs, yet all too often they are left behind in policy and practice. &nbsp; HelpAge's 14-page briefing, accompanied by a two-page overview with key messages, considers the intersection of older age with NCDs and disability, and their importance for health systems and societies alike. It outlines the unique challenges facing older people livin...

Briefs & Fact SheetsPublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory Diseases+14

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HelpAge International

Reframing Ageing: Asia-Pacific Regional Conference Proceedings - held from 11–13 September 2024 in Bali, Indonesia (December 2024)

Report

13 Sep 2024

This report captured the proceedings of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Population Ageing, held in Bali under the theme "Reframing Ageing." It brought together insights from 479 participants across 38 countries, showcasing innovative policies and practices that promoted active ageing, social protection, long-term care, climate resilience, and intergenerational solidarity. The conferen...

ReportCivil Society Working GroupMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealthy Aging

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HelpAge International

HelpAge International learning report 2023-2024 This report captures key lessons from HelpAge International’s work in 2023–2024 on older people’s associations, intergenerational engagement, and partner-led programming, highlighting successes, challenges,

Report

30 Jul 2024

This report captures key lessons from HelpAge International’s work between 2023 and 2024, with a special focus on the role of Older People’s Associations (OPAs), intergenerational engagement, and partner-led programming. It highlights achievements, challenges, and strategic insights for strengthening community-based initiatives, promoting healthy ageing, and enhancing inclusive development acr...

ReportMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesHealthy Aging

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, HelpAge International

Participatory Planning of Community-Based Approaches to Healthy Ageing

Guide

30 May 2024

This practical guide underscores the importance of involving older people and community stakeholders at every stage of designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating initiatives for healthy ageing. It offers a clear framework to map out current contexts, identify barriers to healthy ageing in low- and middle‑income settings, and co-design locally relevant, inclusive interventions. The guide...

GuideMultisectoral ActionHealthy Aging

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HelpAge International

Universal Health Coverage Fit for an Ageing World – Infographic

Fact sheet

30 May 2024

This infographic distills HelpAge International’s strategic framework for reorienting Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to meet the unique needs of older people. It outlines the key barriers older populations face such as availability, accessibility, acceptability, quality, and age-related discrimination and highlights essential components of age-responsive systems, including integrated primary an...

Fact sheetHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, HelpAge International

Community Health Volunteer Training Manual – Facilitator’s Guide

Guide

15 May 2024

This comprehensive Facilitator’s Guide supports trainers, programme managers, and field staff in equipping community health volunteers (CHVs) to deliver age-inclusive, community-based health support. Focused on older populations, it provides structured modules, facilitation tips, and practical exercises covering topics such as outreach, basic screening, NCD prevention, mental health support, and...

GuideMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesHealth promotion

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HelpAge International

Healthy Ageing - self care guide

Publication

05 Apr 2024

This guide focuses on self-care and healthy lifestyle choices to support us to achieve healthy ageing. This includes our participation in holding our government accountable for its commitments and to be engaged in decision making about health and care services in our community and beyond. This guide is for everyone interested in achieving healthy ageing. We hope it will be useful for people liv...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+6
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