In all countries, the risk of dying from a COVID-19 infection increases markedly with advancing age.
Problems Of Data Availability And Quality For COVID-19 And Older People In LMICs
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Academic resources
An Emergency Strategy For Managing COVID-19 In Care Homes In LMICs: The CIAT Framework (Version 1*)
The Global Platform has hosted a number of webinars and blogs which draw attention to the high vulnerability to COVID-19 of older adults in residential care facilities in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
WEBINAR: Older Persons, Communities and COVID-19
HelpAge International along with ESCAP, UNFPA, JAGES and AGAC, is organising a webinar on “Older persons, communities and COVID-19”.
Unintended Consequences Of Changes To Pension Delivery Amidst COVID19: The Case Of South Africa
By Gabrielle Kelly, Samson Institute for Ageing Research, South Africa (This blog is linked to a Global Platform webinar on Pensions, Social Protection and Older People which ran on 15 May 2020). In...
COVID-19 Pandemic: What can Nepal do to Curb the Potential Public Health Disaster?
A recent paper examines the steps that Nepal can take to curb the potential public health disaster due to COVID19.
Older People And COVID-19: Isolation, Risk And Ageism
A recent paper discusses how are at a higher risk of more serious and possibly fatal illness associated with COVID‐19.
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