NEWS:

ILC-Japan held a round table meeting on February 8, 2013 with a theme of “Productive Aging for The Elderly in the World.”


On January 9th, 2013, the Center of Multidisciplinary Research in Aging and ILC-Israel held a conference in our series 'Innovations and Challenges in Geriatrics and Gerontology'.


The short training programme in “Gerontology”, jointly organized by the International Institute on Ageing, United Nations-Malta (INIA); the International Longevity Centre-India (ILC-I); and the Dr. D. Y. Patil University, India was launched on the 19th of January 2013 at the Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College in Pimpri, Pune.


Dr. S. D. Gokhale, the eminent social scientist of international repute and the Founder President of the International Longevity Centre-India passed away peacefully after a brief illness on the 15th of January 2013.


Monica Ferreira, ILC South Africa, is the recipient of INPEA's 2012 International Rosalie S. Wolf Memorial Award for Research, Practice and Prevention of Elder Abuse.


The third session of the UN Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Ageing met in New York, August 21-25, 2012. The session recommended the continuation of the group’s mandate.


On the 1st of October 2012, Dr Rosy Pereyra, President of ILC-Dominican Republic and Coordinator of the Dominican Network for Dignity in Old Age, was honoured with an award as one of the Great Dominicans of 2012.

The Support Active Ageing through Immunisation (SAATI) working group, comprised of healthcare advocates and professionals, was established in late 2011, with the aim of promoting the development of improved adult immunisation strategies and policies across Europe.

LIEN Center for Palliative Care Conference 2012, Singapore October 17-18, 2012


‘’The Celebrating Age’’ India Expo 2012, is an active ageing Retirement Expo series that was launched in Bengaluru, India, on the 1st and 2nd of September 2012 by Dr. Monica Ferreira, Co- President of  the International Longevity Centre Global Alliance (ILC GA), and Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, President of  International Longevity Centre – India (ILC-India).