Grandparents are often a key source of care provision for their grandchildren, yet they are
sidelined in caregiving research and policy decisions. We conducted a global, systematic …

Compared to global estimates, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest projected rates of
increase in type 2 diabetes (T2D) over the next 25 years. This is attributed to the ageing …

Background: Cancer is increasing in its prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa. Informal
caregivers are key to supporting engagement and interaction with palliative care services …

Executive summary The gig economy, in which digital platforms bring together workers and
the purchasers of their services, is expanding globally. Though exponential growth is …

Abstract Objectives Drawing on the “Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an
INDEPTH community in South Africa”(HAALSI) baseline survey, we present data on older …

In the next 24 years, the Malawian population is expected to double, a development that will
inevitably affect access to land and land holding sizes. As access to land is already limited …

The paper examines how the healthcare and social care pillars of social policy for aging
societies shape inequalities in health and well-being at old age, utilizing qualitative and …

Importance Limited research exists investigating the association between multidimensional
poverty and dementia in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Objective To investigate …

A majority of urban residents in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and other developing regions live
in informal settlements, or slums. Much of the discourse on slum health centres on younger …

This paper sets out a general framework for analysing long-term care (LTC) systems for
older people in different countries and then applies this framework to a specific national …