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I. International Conference on "Rights of Aged People - An Islamic Perspective" organized by IOMS from 18-21 October, 1999 (9-12th of Rajab) in Kuwait

Abstracts of the Conference
General Recommendations
Kuwait Declaration on the Rights of Elderly
Euthanasia

II. Round Table:
Healthly aging and the Quality of life

III. Discussion

Health care in Jamaica- Denise Eldemire

Tradition and the future in India - Bela Shah

Ideals and realities in the Eastern Mediterranean - Ghada Hafez

A mixed blessing - John Fraser

Quality of life - as yet undefined - Carol Brayne

Disability and the quality of life
- Maria Teresa Gil del Real

Measuring the needs - George C. Myers

Economic aspects of aging in Africa - Nana Apt

Threats to health and well-being in Africa
- Joe Hampson

It's not a matter of numbers - Julia Alvarez

Support for the elderly in Sri Lanka - Dulitha N. Fernando

A matter of Human Rights - Irene Hoskins

Older Women's Health - Ruth Bonita

Aging inequitably in South Africa - Monica Fereira & Karen Charlton

Further Questions of Equity - Margot Jefferys