Everyone has rejoiced, because spring has finally arrived.
The warmer weather and sprightly spring have finally arrived. We are sure you have a lot planned out, and so do we. Scroll through and read all about what we have up our sleeves - all the important updates and upcoming events.
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Call for Participants: Standing Up for Vision Health |
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The IFA’s Eye See You Programs’ goal is to raise awareness about emerging vision-related policies, facilitate timely access to educational resources on biosimilars, connect Canadians to experts in vision health, and create opportunities for Canadians to engage in the discourse surrounding biosimilars in ophthalmology.
The IFA is looking for participants for a patient video series focused on experiences with biosimilars. To be part of this series you need to have switched from an originator biologic to a biosimilars medication.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Ms. Anais Diaz, Project Officer, ADiaz@ifa.ngo for more information.
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Post-15th Global Conference on Ageing Thematic Discussions Among Experts |
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Age-Friendly Environments |
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COVID-19 and Older People |
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In recognition of the exceptional calibre of content presented at the 15th Global Conference on Ageing in 2021 IFA in collaboration with AARP has developed a four-part webinar series to build upon thematic areas: age-friendly environments, and COVID-19 and older people, primary and long-term care, and ageism.
Register for the first two webinars to learn about the collaborative work flowing from the 15th Global Conference on Ageing, and updates on initiatives and programmes six months on.
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IFA Celebrates World Immunization Week 2022! |
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World Immunization Week takes place 24 – 30 April with the theme of “Long Life for All”. Vaccination saves lives, promotes wellbeing and protects functional ability throughout life, allowing everyone to do what they value. The International Federation on Ageing, through its Vaccines4Life portfolio, works to improve rates of vaccination globally and throughout the lifecourse, as a key contributor to healthy ageing.
In recognition of World Immunization Week, IFA will be launching and showcasing new projects everyday throughout the week on its Vaccines4Life twitter, all in support of influencing policy to improve adult vaccination uptake.
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The value of Adult Vaccination: EU training seminar |
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Active Citizenship Network is glad to invite you on the 29th of April 2022, from 14.30 to 16.30 CEST, to the event titled “Adult Vaccination: build the capacity and capabilities of civil society”. The training will take place in the framework of the EU #VaccinAction 2022 project and will focus on supporting the need to strengthen adult vaccination in Europe by providing concrete examples.
It will consist of a 2-hour training seminar which will be realized during the “European Immunization Week 2022”, open to leaders of civic and patient associations from different countries in order to respond to the need to be more updated and prepared to support and protect the value, in particular, of adult immunization and its related benefits to better identify, recognize and address the growing external factors that can negatively influence policy on vaccines in EU Member States and beyond, and improving the know how to recognize official sources of information and have the tools to support them.
Register now to participate in the training.
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Adult Vaccination Advocacy Toolkit (AVAT) |
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The Adult Vaccination Advocacy Toolkit (AVAT) will be launching the last week of April. This Toolkit is intended to help build the capacity and capabilities of civil society organizations to influence and shape policy to improve uptake rates of adult vaccination. The policy drivers considered paramount to change the adult vaccination landscape are:
- the simplification of the vaccine pathways,
- expansion of the pool of vaccine administrators,
- effective targeted adult vaccination campaigns, and
- an environment that strives for vaccination equity.
Learn more about these policy issues here, and sign up for updates to stay up to date on all things related to the Toolkit.
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United Way BC: Social Prescribing |
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Social prescribing, the practice of medical practitioners connecting patients to community supports to improve health and well-being, was pioneered in the U.K. and is now gaining a foothold in Canada. United Way British Columbia’s Healthy Aging program is at the forefront of advancing the social prescribing movement in British Columbia.
In 2021, Healthy Aging launched the Social Prescribing Grant Program, which now supports 19 social prescribing programs across the province. Learn more about social prescribing, its benefits, key lessons, and best practices in this thoughtful discussion with leaders in this space, Dr. Marie Anne Essam, Dr. Grace Park, and Sonia Hsiung.
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SGA Africa: Stakeholder Group on Ageing |
SGA Africa, AUC and partners called for a United and Coordinated multi-sectoral systems in Africa for the inclusion of older persons in Covid-19 Policy Response.
The Stakeholder Group on Ageing (SGA) Africa is an African Regional Coalition of Civil Society
Organisations including Non-Governmental and Professional organisations in ageing, Human
Rights Institutes and Institutes on Ageing, working on multi-level decision making and capacity
building process to influence age inclusion and older persons participation in the implementation of
the sustainable development goals (SDGs 2030) and the African Union (AU Agenda 2063).
The SGA Africa report for 2018-2022 contains the summary of the key activities (and achievements) carried out since its creation in 2018. They include regional conferences, side events, online surveys and webinars.
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Vision loss and mental health among the elderly |
India is facing unprecedented demographic changes. The UN World population aging report notes that India's aging population, the 'elderly,' will grow from 8% in 2021 to 20% by 2050—over 300 million people.
The LV Prasad Eye Institute undertook the Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES), with 1513 elderly participants enumerated from 41 homes for the aged in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
HOMES found that vision impairment among the study population was 52.7% (with presenting visual acuity worse than 6/12). Over 88% of vision loss was avoidable. The study also found that one out of every four elderly in residential care in Hyderabad had depression.
Also, the depression was higher among those with single sensory impairment than in those without any sensory impairment.
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In these unprecedented pandemic times, ageism in a variety of forms has become a matter of life and death.
The #AgeEquality initiative aims to break down stereotypes and highlight the glimmer of hope in the dreary world by representing positive stories from around the world to help you reinstate your faith in humanity. The platform also aims to break down stereotypes of older people by showing their resilience, strength and tenacity throughout COVID-19 and beyond.
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For your monthly dose of age-positive stories, click here.
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