Publication
10 Mar 2024
HelpAge's Caregiver Manual - HelpAge International is a basic guide for families and volunteers providing care and support for older people. It includes: An overview of who this guide is for Section 1: Guide for the organisers, managers or trainers of volunteer caregivers Section 2: Guide for caregiving for older people with care needs Assisting with mobility Assisting w...
Database
01 Mar 2024
To make the Decade of Healthy Ageing a success, everyone working to improve the lives of older people, their families, and their communities requires equitable and democratic access to a large amount of knowledge. To meet this need, the Platform is designed to be an inclusive, collaborative space where all knowledge relevant for the Decade can be accessed, shared, and interacted with in one place...
Database
30 Oct 2023
This course aims to provide information on the basic understanding of palliative care and the elements of service program for delivering palliative care. The course contents will also include the considerations in managing signs, symptoms and assessing the patient as well as communicating with the patient, family, and care giver, and the principles and management of respiratory, gastrointestin...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
30 Jul 2023
This policy brief highlights the urgent need for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to be responsive to the needs and rights of women across the life-course including older women, who make up over 27% of the global female population yet are largely invisible in gender and health policy debates It outlines how gender-based inequalities accumulate over time, resulting in heightened health burdens...
Report
30 Mar 2023
This report reveals the barriers that millions of older people face in realising their right to health, specifically access to quality, acceptable, and non-discriminatory health services. It is grounded in consultations with older people from diverse contexts (including Colombia, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, and Spain). The full report can be accessed here
28 Jul 2021
Background Policies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted the screening, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of noncommunicable (NCD) patients while affecting NCD prevention and risk factor control. Aims To discuss how the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the health management of NCD patients, identify which aspects should be carried forward into future NCD managemen...
Publication
26 May 2020
Abstract The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic have focused on containing SARS-CoV-2 infection and identifying treatment strategies. While controlling this communicable disease is of utmost importance, the long-term effect on individuals with non-communicable diseases (NCD) is significant. Although certain NCDs appear to increase the severity of COVID-19 and mortality risk, SARS-CoV-2 infec...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
30 Apr 2020
This policy brief examines the implementation of the WHO Package of Essential Non-Communicable Disease Interventions (PEN) across Myanmar’s 330 townships and identifies key operational challenges such as supply chain gaps, training limitations, low public awareness, and inconsistent service quality. Drawing on implementation experience and research, it puts forward targeted recommendations to ex...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
30 Jan 2020
This policy brief examines how inclusive self‑help groups in Myanmar can support prevention, early detection, and management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at community level. Drawing on experience from HelpAge International’s collaboration with local health and academic partners, it outlines how village-based groups engage people aged 40+, conduct screenings for conditions like hypertens...
Report
18 Jun 2019
This economic analysis makes the case for investing in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Armenia. Through three comprehensive analyses—economic burden, intervention costing, and return on investment—the report demonstrates the significant human and economic toll of NCDs, which accounted for 6.5% of Armenia’s GDP in 2017. Key findings: 362.7 bill...
Fact sheet
18 Jun 2016
This Tobacco Fact Sheet presents national data from the 2016 Armenia STEPS Survey on tobacco use and control indicators for adults aged 18–69. It provides insights into smoking prevalence, quit attempts, secondhand smoke exposure, and awareness of tobacco-related messaging and advertising. Key Highlights: Tobacco Use: 27.8% of adults currently use tobacco; 51.5% of men and 1.8% o...
Fact sheet
18 Jun 2016
This fact sheet presents data from Armenia’s 2016 STEPS survey on noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors in adults aged 18–69, covering smoking, alcohol, diet, physical activity, overweight/obesity, blood pressure, cholesterol, and salt intake. Highlights: 27.9% currently smoke (mostly men) 34.4% drank alcohol in past 30 days; 5.9% binge drank 76% consumed <5 serving...
