Since disability affects more than 1 billion people, the issue belongs on the post-2015 agenda

The lessons of the MDGs must be learned – and one is to focus more on inequality

With World Cup looming, Brazilians are protesting because of economic frustrations

After the financial crash in Argentina in 2001, citizens organised direct democracy at the local level

Health education should start in primary school

China's demographics: one child, two partens, four grandparents

Interview with Michel Silva, a blogger who writes about daily life in his favela in Rio

Health is a global public good and must figure among the post-2015 development goals.

New Global AgeWatch Index reveals need for pension reforms in many countries

HelpAge warns that international agencies are paying too little attention to ageing of entire societies