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Entries by Asghar Zaidi
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Older people bear the burden of spread of coronavirus

There is a dire need for suitable responses to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic for older people living in low- and middle-income countries such as Pakistan. In the limited time since the o...


The Asian Active Ageing Index: Findings for Indonesia and Thailand

The speed of population ageing is among the fastest in the member countries of the ASEAN[1], which is a matter of high significance for the social and health care services for older persons. Other ...


Promoting active ageing in China

The policy discourse on population ageing is often presented as a crisis for our societies, in both developed and developing countries alike. This is particularly the case when considering the poli...


MOVING FROM THE MARGINS

Promoting and protecting the rights of older persons in Pakistan Earlier this week, on June 25th, British Council Islamabad launched the report ‘Moving from the Margins: Promoting and prot...


Titchfield City Group on Ageing: A Global Stocktaking of Age-Disaggregated Data and Ageing-Related Statistics

Population ageing is now a major policy concern in many countries around the world. Societies are changing quickly as more of us are living to more advanced ages and older people are becoming ever ...


Dementia challenges in Pakistan: A case study of low- and middle-income country

In England we are becoming increasingly familiar with dementia. What is this disease? What are its common symptoms? How does it progress and why is it becoming a burden for not just patients but fo...