The world commemorates a day for older persons 1 st of October. This year, it is the 25th anniversary of International Day of Older Persons (IDOP). Older persons face great challenges but older persons in Africa and other developing countries face even greater challenges. According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, there are about 1.3 million persons above the age of 60 years in Uganda. Most of these older persons live in isolation, they lack social protection, suffer the high burden of non-communicable diseases and face poverty. The scourge of HIV/AIDS which ravaged the sub-Saharan African countries is one of the major causes of challenges which face the elderly. The scourge led to high numbers of orphans left in the care of older persons. The other major cause of tribulations among older persons is war and instability that spread across many parts of the Uganda in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s for the parts of Northern and South Western Uganda near the DRC bo...
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