Older people risk bearing the burden of spread of Corona Virus in Pakistan on March 19, 2020There is a dire need to address disaster response issues faced by Pakistani older people during the outbreak of pandemics like Corona virus A recent editorial in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) highlightsseriousdisproportional concerns of the impact of Corona virus on older people living in low- and middle-income countries like Pakistan. This is particularly worrying […]
Pakistan’s dementia challenge on March 22, 2018If we talk about dementia with a handful of people, half of them wouldn’t know what it is and the other half would say something along the lines of: “Oh, it’s a disease that old people get”. This lack of awareness and the significance of getting a better outlook on the disease is becoming increasingly […]
Moving Pakistan’s older persons from the margins on October 4, 2016The world’s population is ageing across all regions of the globe. There are currently around 900 million older persons worldwide, representing approximately 12.5% of the global population. By 2050, this will increase to 2.1 billion or 21.5% of the global population. Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and in 2015 it […]