Ageing and Health

The Ageing and Health project, implemented by the Swiss Red Cross (SRC), aims to strengthen the capacity of The Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina and local communities in the Republic of Srpska (RS) and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), to create a better, healthier, and more stimulating environment that will positively affect the life and health of older people in BiH. The Swiss Red Cross has supported The Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina for more than eight years to improve this highly vulnerable population's living conditions. Ageing and Health Phase I builds on previously successful Swiss humanitarian initiatives and fully complements the United Nations Development Goals (SDGs). 

The project corresponds to the health system and supports public policies on healthy aging in BiH. In addition to care services and home care provided at the municipal level, the Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its entity organizations based in Sarajevo and Pale will advocate for standardizing services at the entity level in RS, at the cantonal level FBiH, and Brcko District.