Blog Archives
How can we deliver prevention in an ageing world
As part of their Delivering prevention in an ageing world programme, ILC-UK are asking for input on how we can deliver prevention in an ageing world.
16th April 2021
How to address loneliness and improve worsening health conditions due to COVID-19 pandemic
A new global project titled "Re-imagining Environments for Connection and Engagement: Testing Actions for Social Prescribing in Natural Spaces" (RECETAS) will address the loneliness created by the COVID-19 pandemic through interaction with nature in six cities in Europe, Latin America, and Australia.
9th April 2021
Greetings from International Longevity Centre-India (ILC-I). Join us for an international webinar series on the topic “The Impact of Covid-19 on Ageing in the SAARC countries: The Path Ahead”. Registration is mandatory to join. It is a free webinar series which will be conducted online. You will get a chance to interact with five international speakers on four consecutive Saturdays in the month of March 2021.
24th February 2021
Why Survive? Remembering Dr Robert N. Butler and being old in this pandemic world
I wonder what Dr Robert Butler, Pulitzer Prize winner (non-fiction, 1976) and foremost physician and geriatrician, would say, if he were alive today, about how older people are being treated in this global pandemic.
10th September 2020
An ILC GA webinar: A caring world – responding to the impact of the coronavirus on long-term care
With the ILC Global Alliance marking its 30th anniversary this year, members are coming together on Thursday 18 June 2020 to share their perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on long-term care.
2nd June 2020
ILC-GA Position Statement on COVID-19
Following a meeting of its members on Thursday, 7 May 2020, the ILC Global Alliance has prepared a Position Statement on COVID-19.
7th May 2020
Promoting and protecting the rights of older persons
Our representative in Geneva, Silvia Perel-Levin, chair of the NGO Committee on Ageing, Geneva met with Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on 1st April 2019.
9th April 2019
ILC Global Alliance ‘line-up’ at International Federation of Ageing Conference
The next annual conference of the International Federation of Ageing (IFA) in Hyderabad approaches rapidly, and the ILC Global Alliance is delighted to be participating, continuing its strong relationship with the IFA, and its history of featuring strongly in past …
15th May 2014
Ageing included at UN post-2015 meeting
Earlier this month, I attended the intersessional meeting between civil society and the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG) in New York. The OWG is the group of UN member states that is leading the process towards a global …
6th December 2013
ILC-UK and the case for adult immunisation
In 2011 the International Longevity Centre – UK along with a host of leading European public health advocates formed SAATI – the Supporting Active Ageing Through Immunisation partnership. Partners from a range of backgrounds, from the University of Barcelona to …
1st July 2013
