tailieunhanh - OLDER PERSONS IN EMERGENCIES: AN ACTIVE AGEING PERSPECTIVE

The global population of persons aged 60 and over is rising dramatically – especially in regions that experience the greatest risks of natural or conflict-related emergencies. Headlines of the plight of older persons during the European heat wave of 2003 and Hurricane Katrina in the USA in 2005 shocked the world. In developing countries, their situation is generally much less widely-known and their needs and contributions have been largely invisible. But this is changing. | OLDER PERSONS IN EMERGENCIES AN ACTIVE AGEING PERSPECTIVE OLDER PERSONS IN EMERGENCIES AN ACTIVE AGEING PERSPECTIVE WHO OLDER PERSONS IN EMERGENCIES AN ACTIVE AGEING PERSPECTIVE World Health F Organization PAGE I WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Older persons in emergencies an active ageing perspective. services for the aged. medical services. groups. . policy. Health Organization. ISBN 978 92 4 156364 2 NLM classification WT 31 World Health Organization 2008 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from WHO Press World Health Organization 20 Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland tel. 41 22 791 3264 fax 41 22 791 4857 e-mail bookorders@ . Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications - whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution -should be addressed to WHO Press at the above address fax 41 22 791 4806 e-mail permis-sions@ . The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters. All reasonable precautions have been taken by the World Health Organization to verify the information contained in this publication. However the published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind either expressed or .