Toward a Pilot Evidence Revolution on Ageing in Kenya

This project is a direct outcome of the Global AgeWatch Index Initiative carried out in 2013. The dual purpose of the project is to directly advance Kenyan policy agendas on older persons and to serve as a model for other sub-Saharan Africa countries, with a view to catalyzing an Africa-regional ‘evidence revolution’ for post 2015 development in the continent. The project adopts the revised National Policy on Older Persons and Ageing as an organizing framework and comprises a five step initiative aimed at (i) identifying priority national evidence needs on Kenya’s older population and (ii) forging a concerted country-level effort to foster the generation of evidence to address the needs.