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Author(s) Wells, J.

Protecting and assisting older people in emergencies: network paper, number 53, December 2005

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Humanitarian Practice Network
Overseas Development Institute
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This paper summarizes the major policy and practice issues affecting humanitarian protection and assistance for older people, and recommends measures to ensure that older citizens caught up in humanitarian crises enjoy equal rights and a fair share of humanitarian resources, and are included in decision-making in programmes that affect their lives. It aims to add to the small body of work relating to protection and assistance issues specific to older people.

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Themes Health and health facilities Governance Social impacts and social resilience
Number of pages
30 p.
Publication year
2005

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