Webinar Announcement: Human Rights of Older Persons and Agenda 2030

With a rapidly ageing global population, addressing the and harnessing the opportunities that older people experience is of great importance. In August 2018, the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) hosted the 14^th Global Conference on Ageing in Toronto, Canada, with 1200 experts gathering from around the world. The theme of this conference was Towards a Decade of Healthy Ageing – From Evidence to Action and the IFA is compelled to mobilize the knowledge and learning from this conference with its members and beyond. To ensure that evidence continues to be translated following the conference, the IFA is hosting a Post-Conference Education Webinar Series to mobilize conference themes and presentations to a larger audience.

Human Rights of Older Persons and Agenda 2030 is the first webinar of the series and will address key areas for implementation of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that ensures it fulfils its mandate for older persons.

Webinar Information:

Tuesday 29 January 2019, 12:00 – 1:00pm EST

Presenters:

Ken Bluestone, Head of Policy and Influencing, Age International
Erica Dhar, Director of Global Alliances, AARP
Cynthia Stuen, IFA Representative at the United Nations in New York
Frances Zainoeddin, IFA Representative at the United Nations in New York

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This webinar is a part of the Post-Conference Education Webinar Series’ first learning program: Combating Ageism. Discrimination against individuals based on their age has serious consequences on many aspects of an older person’s life, such as health, wellbeing, employment, housing and access to social and care systems.

Please contact Ms Hannah Girdler to be placed on the mailing list for further updates regarding the Post-Conference Webinar Series.

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Pneumococcal disease is a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality in Canada. There is a high prevalence of this disease amongst populations that are most at-risk of serious complications from infection, such as older adults in long-term care settings.

The ‘Driving the agenda of pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination in at-risk populations in community and long-term care’ study was conducted to understand the status of existing public health policies and campaigns on pneumococcal disease in community and long-term care settings and its implications on the uptake of pneumococcal vaccination. The report highlights policy gaps for pneumococcal vaccination across long-term care settings in Canada and accordingly provides recommendations for policy improvements.

Pneumococcal disease is a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality in Canada. There is a high prevalence of this disease amongst populations that are most at-risk of serious complications from infection, such as older adults in long-term care settings. Check out the technical report to learn more.

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27 April 2023, Toronto, ON – The International Federation on Ageing (IFA) is proud to release findings from a recent study entitled Driving the agenda of pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination in at-risk populations in community and long-term care. Check out the technical report to learn more.