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Older people in emergencies: Considerations for action and policy...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): World Health Organization (WHO)
Date: Sep 2019
Location: Global - Multiple countries

Older people have often been overlooked in disasters and conflicts, and their concerns have rarely been addressed by emergency programmes or planners. This analysis seeks to: (1) highlight factors...

Older Persons in Emergencies: An Active Ageing Prespective
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): World Health Organization (WHO)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: World

The report presents an integrated approach for emergency preparedness and response that is grounded in the WHO Active Ageing Policy Framework. This approach adopts a life course perspective that...

Mainstreaming disability and ageing in water, sanitation and hygiene...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): wateraidWEDCLeonard Cheshire DisabilitySanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE)
Date: Sep 2019
Location: Global - Multiple countries

This study gives an overview of how disability and ageing issues have been incorporated into water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes. It presents a ‘mainstreaming continuum’ as a...

Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Needs of Older Persons in Disaster...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Pan American Health Organization
Date: Oct 2019
Location: Caribbean

These guidelines have been prepared to help integrate and mainstream the concerns and issues related to older persons into disaster risk management programmes and processes. They outline...