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Review

Health needs of older people and age-inclusive health care in humanitarian emergencies in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review

van Boetzelaer E, Rathod L, Keating P, Pellecchia U, Sharma S,  et al.
2024-12-30 • The Lancet Healthy Longevity
2024-12-30 • The Lancet Healthy Longevity
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Commentary

Involving older people in the preparedness, response, and recovery phases in humanitarian emergencies: a theoretical framework on ageism, epistemic injustice, and participation

van Boetzelaer E, van de Kamp J, Keating P, Sharma SK, Pellecchia U,  et al.
2024-01-01 • The Lancet Healthy Longevity
2024-01-01 • The Lancet Healthy Longevity
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Letter

The disproportionate vulnerability of older people in humanitarian emergencies

van Boetzelaer E, Franco OH, Moussally K, Khammash U, Escobio F
2023-10-20 • Lancet
2023-10-20 • Lancet
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Research

COVID-19 in French nursing homes during the second pandemic wave: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study

Dujmovic M, Roederer T, Frison S, Melki C, Lauvin T,  et al.
2022-09-20 • BMJ Open
2022-09-20 • BMJ Open
INTRODUCTION
French nursing homes were deeply affected by the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 38% of all residents infected and 5% dying. Yet, little was done to prepare th...
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Commentary

Ending neglect of older people in the response to humanitarian emergencies

Karunakara U, Stevenson F
2012-12-18 • PLOS Medicine
2012-12-18 • PLOS Medicine
Journal Blog
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Perspective

Conflict in eastern Ukraine is a reminder that older people are especially vulnerable in emergencies

Simonyan G
2019-06-04 • BMJ Opinion (blog)
2019-06-04 • BMJ Opinion (blog)
Journal Blog
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Perspective

Covid-19 exposes how far we have to go to understand the needs of older people

Simonyan G
2020-07-15 • BMJ Opinion (blog)
2020-07-15 • BMJ Opinion (blog)
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Commentary

Should mortality data for the elderly be collected routinely in emergencies? The practical challenges of age-disaggregated surveillance systems

du Cros PAK, Venis S, Karunakara U
2013-10-10 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2013-10-10 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Data on the elderly are rarely collected in humanitarian emergencies. During a refugee crisis in South Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières developed a prospective mortality surveillance syst...