This joint position paper highlights that ageing and the associated risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is a key factor for the 21st century’s social and economic sustainability and should therefore be an essential component of the UN’s NCD considerations. This paper outlines seven related considerations for the UN Summit on NCDs and highlights eight recommendations. This paper is useful to anyone interested in NCDs and ageing
This resource focuses on the need to build inclusive citizenship and democracies and the importance of accountability for democracy, citizenship and rights . Many citizens are disillusioned with government and democracy. Corruption, state failures to respond to poor people’s needs and a lack of connection between citizens and elected representatives and bureaucrats are major concerns. At the same time, citizens are challenging corporations and global institutions to be more responsible
[From introduction:] This pocketbook provides a checklist of questions to provide guidance for incorporating HIV/AIDS considerations into food security and livelihoods projects [...] It is intended to be used by people involved in project management and techical support