DEC launches unprecedented Ebola Appeal

An older woman is helped out of ditch during the Ebola crisis.

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) – which Age International is a member of – has announced today that it will launch an appeal for the Ebola Crisis in West Africa.

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Despite expansion of social pensions, half of the world’s population goes without

Pensions not poverty.

The second Global AgeWatch Index ranking quality of life for older people around the world welcomes the expansion of social pensions but highlights that half of the world’s population faces a bleak future without one.

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What the 2014 Global AgeWatch Index tells us about pensions

Zaina and her paralyzed husband in Tanzania.

What the 2014 Global AgeWatch Index tells us about pensions.

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Global AgeWatch reveals best places to grow old

Older couple in Colombia.

Switzerland ranked best place to grow older. Age International warns of increasing global inequality in older people’s wellbeing.

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Realising potential in an ageing world

An older woman smiles in front of her corn shop.

One of the great untold stories of development is that of radical transformation, overwhelming success and hidden champions, but one which does not feature in the UN Millennium Development Goals. This is the story of ageing: of greater numbers of older people worldwide, increasing longevity and the indispensible role older people play in society.

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