Population ageing is one of the most discussed global phenomena in the present century. Countries like Afghanistan with non-controlled population have a large number of older people over 60 year of age. As the elderly population is likely to increase in the future, and there is a definite shift in the disease pattern, i.e. from communicable to non-communicable, it is high time that the health care system gears itself to growing health needs of the elderly in an optimal & comprehensive manners.
In addition to health needs that aged people are facing with, the older people in Afghanistan, due to continuous four decades' war and loss of young lives, have to support children and women members of their families. Thus in most of the cases older people become the only breadwinners of their families and it in turn lead to old-age labor which has worst socio-economic consequences than the child labor, and these aged people should be supported with systemic health facilities & should advocate
There are a number of opportunities to increase the abilities of older people. It's a cultural shift that's needed so that young people growing up understand the value of older people the many benefits they can bring to the workplace. Intervention Area -1: A common thinking to be changed (Advocacy) to Create an enabling environment for older people; Intervention Area -2 : Creating an enabling environment for older people (Cure and Access):
Almost 64% of them, according to ALLOHA recent survey, need health support, but the survey reveals that almost 88% of them can be re-employed as well experienced, cost-effective and highly knowledgeable advisors/experts and consultants by government, civil society, and private firms, provided we re-orient and re-classify them in new working, consultative and advisory thematic and appropriate geographical social groups and technical setups, through a gentle and skillful facilitation and bridging.
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