Gifting Sight to Disadvantaged Elders with HelpAge India’s ‘Aankhon Ka Tara’ Campaign Imagine a health problem which has causes that are 90% treatable, the solution is widely available and cost effective, and yet millions suffer and struggle on daily basis. Avoidable…Read More
Imagine, you’re in the year 1995, back when phones had keypads where you had to press the same key thrice to type a particular letter. You wake up to 122 messages out of which 100 are from the telecom companies and 22 are from your contacts. You can only reply to one message at a time. There was no…Read More
Older Persons and Union Budget 2022: Present Needs and Future Opportunities
by HelpAge India January 28, 2022 1 comments UncategorizedIt is that time of the year again when many of us eagerly await the budget speech of the Finance Minister and hope that the budget speech has all the announcements that will make our lives easier and more comfortable. This year, battered by repeated waves of the pandemic, older persons have more urgently…Read More
India Smashes Hesitancy -100 Crore Vaccinations
by HelpAge India November 8, 2021 0 comments UncategorizedOctober 21, 2021 will be remembered as a ‘red letter day’ in the Medical Annals of India. As India achieved the nearly impossible task of researching, testing, producing an indigenous and safe vaccination for its population against COVID-19. India, not only successfully tested and produced it in its…Read More
From the desk of a home confined senior citizen….
by HelpAge India July 14, 2021 4 comments UncategorizedToday entire humanity, senior citizens in particular; are under different types of pressures to re-tain & maintain good health under the tsunami of instructions, advisories, guidelines and mentor-ing emanating from the efforts to combat the adverse impacts of the corona virus. Our tiny earth, part of the …Read More