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Title | Abstract | Tags | Topics | Regions / Country | |
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Mali : Pour éviter que la gestion du régime d’Assurance Maladie Obligatoire (AMO) ne connaisse une situation tragique d’ici au 31 décembre 2016 | monitor | maliactu.net (02.09.2015) Pour éviter le risque de provoquer l’arrêt annoncé au 31 décembre 2016 du Progiciel ESQUIF (il a été acquis depuis 2010), la Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie (CANAM) sera bientôt dotée d’un nouveau système d’information biométrique pour une gestion moderne et intégrée du régime d’Assurance Maladie Obligatoire. Ce qui permettra d’améliorer la gestion de l’AMO afin d’éviter la fraude. C’est l’une des réformes majeures qui va pérenniser la CANAM. |
published | Information and communication technology, Health | mali |
Safe Work Australia releases an updated list of work-related diseases to help people with prevention and compensation of occupational diseases | monitor | Ibtimes (01.09.2015) Safe Work Australia has released an updated list of occupational diseases and other work-related exposures, such as Legionnaire’s disease, chronic obstructive lung disease and asthma. |
published | Occupational accidents and diseases | australia |
Eurozone unemployment lowest for three years | monitor | EurActiv (07.09.2015) Unemployment in the eurozone fell to its lowest level for three and a half years in July, raising hopes that economic recovery in the single currency area is taking hold, official data showed on Tuesday. |
megatrends, published | Unemployment | european union |
UK: Budget changes to hit single parents hardest, research reveals | monitor | The Guardian (07.09.2015) Single parents on low incomes face declining living standards over the next five years even if they work full time, as benefits cuts announced in the budget more than offset the introduction of George Osborne’s “national living wage”, according to new research. |
megatrends, poverty, published | Financing, Inequalities | |
[Report] Would you lose weight if we paid you? | monitor | Wold Bank| Let's Talk Development (31.08.2015) If you were given a small reward every time you worked out, would you be more inclined to stick to a permanent exercise regimen? How much would that incentive have to be? Would regular exercise be beneficial for your health and ultimately to the greater society? |
Health | ||
Costa Rica; Nueva reforma de pensiones se conocerá hasta 2017 | monitor | La Republica NET (04.09.2015) Si aumentarán las cuotas obrero patronales o la edad para pensionarse, son temas que se conocerán hasta el 2017, de momento solo habrá medidas paliativas. |
managing reforms, published | Pensions, Social policies & programmes | |
Honduras_ Hoy entra en vigor la nueva Ley de Protección Social | monitor | La Prensa (03.09.2015) Hoy entra en vigor la nueva Ley Marco de Protección Social que asegura al menos el 50% de las prestaciones de los nuevos trabajadores y ampliará la red de cobertura y servicios médicos que ofrece actualmente el Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social (IHSS). |
managing reforms, published | Social policies & programmes | |
France: Le compte pénibilité est simplifié | monitor | Les Echos (03.09.2015) Le compte pénibilité simplifié Le compte pénibilité est simplifié 1 / 1 Précédent Suivant Comme annoncé en mai dernier, diverses mesures ont été adoptées afin de simplifier et de sécuriser l’application du compte pénibilité. |
published | Occupational accidents and diseases, Disability | france |
Luxembourg: Pensions - des réserves au moins jusqu’en 2040 | monitor | L'essentiel Online (01.09.2015) Selon le ministre de la Sécurité sociale, Romain Schneider (LSAP), le système des pensions est viable en l’état pour au moins 30 ans voire plus. |
published | luxembourg | |
UK: Jeremy Corbyn says people who do physically demanding jobs should have a lower retirement age | monitor | The Independent (03.09.2015) The retirement age for people who do physically demanding work should be lower than for people who work in sedentary professions, a Labour leadership contender has suggested. |
published | Occupational accidents and diseases | |
US: Big Leaps for Parental Leave, if Workers Actually Take It | monitor | The New York Times (01.09.2015) sSome corners of corporate America have a new message for new parents: Put down that laptop and pick up your baby instead. |
published | Family benefits | United States |
Kazakhstan: State Sec partakes in 14th int’l conference ‘Towards ICT standards and common solutions for social security’ | monitor | ionfrm.kz (02.09.1015) Kazakhstan's Secretary of State Gulshara Abdykalikova took part in the XIV International Conference "Towards ICT standards and common solutions for social security", Kazinform has learnt from Akorda. |
issa, published | ||
Lessons from the steppes: Mongolia's model social insurance system | monitor | ilo.org (01.09.2015) As a role model for social insurance systems, Mongolia, with the help of the ILO, shares its efficient single window system for social services with other countries in South East Asia. |
extending coverage, published | Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes | Asia |
Suisse: Caisses maladie - Les primes vont augmenter jusqu'à 6% en 2016 | monitor | tdg (01.09.2015) Mauvaise nouvelle sur le front des primes de l'assurance maladie. Selon le comparateur en ligne bonus.ch, qui se fonde sur une première analyse se basant sur 80'000 primes communiquées, la hausse moyenne sera légèrement supérieure à l'an passé et oscillera entre 4% et 6% de manière générale. |
published | Health, Financing | switzerland |
France: Le RSA "socle" augmente de 2% | monitor | La Tribune (01.09.2015) Le ministère avait décidé d'augmenter de 10% sur cinq ans ce revenu minimum destiné aux personnes sans ressources. Il met progressivement en oeuvre sa promesse. |
poverty, published | Social assistance | france |
Maroc-Pays-Bas : Les négociations sur la convention de sécurité sociale ont échoué | monitor | yabiladi.com (01.09.2015) Le Maroc et les Pays-Bas n'arrivent pas à trouver un accord sur la convention de sécurité sociale liant les deux pays. Les Pays-Bas menacent même de supprimer la convention. Mais le Maroc ne compte pas reculer sur les acquis des MRE. Ce qui ravive un différend que le ballet diplomatique ne parvient pas encore régler. |
published | Governance and administration | morocco, netherlands |
[Opinion] Bangladesh: Protecting the poorest | monitor | The Daily Star (31.08.2015) The honourable Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina has promised to eradicate extreme poverty by 2021 and has made remarkable progress towards this goal. Over the past five years, an estimated 10 million people have made the catalytic leap out of extreme poverty and onto the first rung of the economic ladder. This has been possible because our government has recognized the extreme poor as a group very different from the poor, a group with different needs. |
megatrends, poverty, published | Inequalities | bangladesh |
Namibian Social Protection System Impresses Zambia's VP | monitor | AllAfrica (01.09.2015) The Vice-President of Zambia Inonge Wina has praised Namibia's social protection system, saying that Zambia could learn from its neighbour. |
Governance and administration | namibia | |
Polynésie française: Accidents du travail, maladies professionnelles : des ajustements en attendant... | monitor | tahiti-infos (19.08.2015) Alors qu'il existe une branche spécifique du régime des salariés pour prendre en charge le coût des accidents du travail et de la maladie professionnelle, le plus souvent c'est l'assurance maladie qui le finance. Pour la deuxième fois en quatre ans, une loi du Pays tente d'équilibrer ces transferts de charge. |
published | Occupational accidents and diseases | france |
Côte d'Ivoire: L’extension de la protection sociale va constituer "un élément fort" de la lutte contre la pauvreté (DG CNPS) | monitor | abidjan.net (29.08.2015) Le directeur général de la Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (CNPS), Charles Kouassi, estime que sa structure joue un rôle central dans la lutte contre la pauvreté car "l’extension de la protection sociale va constituer un élément fort" dans cette bataille que mène le gouvernement. |
extending coverage, published | Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Social policies & programmes, Inequalities | côte d'ivoire |
Smiling Brazil initiative sets example to other nations to eliminate healthcare disparities | monitor | news-medical.net (28.08.2015) Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) published a Discovery! article titled "10 Years of a National Oral Health Policy in Brazil: Innovation, Boldness and Numerous Challenges." In it, authors Gilberto Alfredo Pucca, Jr., University of Brasília; and Mariana Gabriel, Maria Ercilia de Araujo and Fernanda Campos Sousa de Almeida, University of São Paulo, discuss Brazil's National Policy of Oral Health, also known as "Smiling Brazil." |
published | Health | brazil |
En France, tout ira mieux pour les retraites en... 2060 | monitor | Selon le groupe de travail européen sur le vieillissement AWG, le poids des pensions de retraite dans une quarantaine d'années sera de 2,6 points moins lourd qu'aujourd'hui sur le PIB. |
published | Pensions | france |
[Opinion] Paid Parental Leave Is Fueling Sweden's Start-Up Boom | monitor | The New Republic (25.08.2015) Each week, Sweden’s national Twitter account allows a different Swede to take over tweeting and tell his or her story. Last week it was Louise Samet, a new mom and an employee of Swedish e-commerce giant Klarna. But unlike Amazon, where women only receive eight weeks of paid leave and men receive none, Klarna supplements 68 weeks of paid leave, which is split evenly between mothers and fathers. |
family_gender_society, megatrends, published | Family benefits, Parental leave | |
[Opinion] Belgique: 'Le tax shift est plus social qu'on ne le croit' | monitor | Trends-Tendances.be (21.08.2015) "La réforme fiscale est également une réforme du financement de la sécurité sociale qui est historiquement surtout subsidiée par le travail", estime Marc De Vos, directeur d'Itinera et professeur à l'Université de Gand. |
published | Financing | belgium |
US: Making Better Use of Data Can Dramatically Improve Service Delivery | monitor | govtech.com (18.08.2015) Automatic benefits: Can they help the right people get what they need to get out of poverty and reduce administrative costs? |
published | Information and communication technology | United States |