BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6827b0648fd23 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160408T110000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160408T120000 URL:/health/events/aging-africa-challenges-and-opportun ities-improve-well-being SUMMARY:Aging in Africa: Challenges and opportunities to improve the\nwell- being of older persons CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nThe Hallman Lecture Series welcomes Dr. Leon Geffen \, University of\nCape Town\, Cape Town\, South Africa for an exploration of a novel\npsychosocial peer support program\, modelled upon an existing HIV\nsupport program\, for providing peer-to-peer companionship to other\n older adults. Initial outcomes of the study have shown that a peer\nsuppor t program is an effective approach to improve wellbeing of older\npersons living in disadvantaged communities.\n DTSTAMP:20250516T213844Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR