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How Social Security Could Boost India’s Economy monitor

TIME (13.05.2015) This weekend, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three social security schemes aimed at helping the people of West Bengal gain access to pensions and insurance.

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Liban: Majdalani : La couverture médicale des retraités améliorera les conditions de vie des citoyens monitor

L'Orient-Le Jour (13.05.2015) Le président de la commission parlementaire de la Santé, Atef Majdalani, a estimé que la proposition de loi visant à assurer une couverture médicale à travers la Caisse nationale de Sécurité sociale (CNSS) aux retraités et à leurs familles (mère, père, enfants et conjoint) est « un important pas en avant pour améliorer les conditions de vie des gens ».

published Pensions, Health
France: Fraude : la Sécu va contrôler les comptes bancaires de 5 millions de Français monitor

lesechos.fr (13.05.2015) La Sécurité Sociale va pouvoir vérifier d’ici l’été les comptes bancaires des bénéficiaires de la CMU complémentaire, soit 10 % des assurés.

published Health, Error, evasion and fraud france
Corée du Sud: Park appelle de nouveau à réformer les retraites des fonctionnaires monitor

yonhapnews.co.k (12.05.2015) La présidente Park Geun-hye a appelé ce mardi au passage rapide du projet de loi pour la réforme des retraites des fonctionnaires, en avertissant que la question pourrait devenir «une bombe à retardement» si elle n’est pas réglée.

published Pensions korea, Republic of
Five Ways to Win with Digital Platforms massetti

accenture.com (2016) The platform economy is emerging as one of the most powerful manifestations of the digital revolution, which we also refer to as the “fourth industrial revolution.”

digital platforms Information and communication technology
Sécurité sociale : L’Amo, une aubaine pour les travailleurs maliens monitor

maliweb.net (12.05.2015) Afin d’observer l’état d’avancement et l’engouement des maliens envers l’Assurance Maladie Obligatoire (AMO), qui enregistre chaque jour de nouveaux adhérents, ainsi que de recenser les problèmes auxquelles les adhérents sont confrontés pour les résoudre, l’Association des Editeurs de la Presse Privée (ASSEP) en collaboration avec la Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie ont organisé une vaste caravane de presse qui a sillonné certaines villes et la capitale de la troisième région, Sikasso.

published Health mali
ILO: Inequalities: Mothers and children need more – not less – social protection monitor

ilo.org (07.05.2015) As several countries around the world prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day, two new ILO studies provide new global and country data that point to the urgent need to increase social protection for mothers and children.

family_gender_society, published Family benefits, Inequalities
Sierra Leone News : NaCSA’s ‘Bible for social protection for Sierra Leone’ monitor

Sierra Leone News (11.05.2015) The Commissioner of the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has described the recently launched national Social Protection Strategy as the Bible to fight poverty in Sierra Leone.

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India: PM Modi Unveils 3 Social Schemes, says Development Incomplete if Poor do Not Share its Fruits monitor

ndtv.com (10.05.2015) Three key social security schemes had a nationwide launch this evening, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the process in West Bengal, where he is on a two-day visit.

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Vietnam mulls criminal charges against employers avoiding pension obligations monitor

Thanh Nien Daily (07.05.2015) Employers who avoid buying mandatory social and health insurance for their employees will face criminal charges rather than civil penalties, under newly proposed legislation. 

published Error, evasion and fraud vietnam
US: New Health Care Index Shows Massive Increase in Consumer Costs Despite Government's Growing Role in Nation's Health Care System monitor

usnews.com (07.05.2015) While the U.S. government has become an even more dominant force in the nation’s health care system, individuals are taking on a greater share of the costs, according to the new U.S. News Health Care Index.

published Health United States
Italy can't break pact for pension monitor

ANSA.it (06.05.2015) European Union sources said Wednesday that Italy must not break the EU Stability and Growth Pact to fix a hole in its budget created a court ruling on a pension cap.

published Pensions italy, european union
Sierra Leone News: President launches Social Safety Net project monitor

Awoko Newspaper (06.05.2015) A project aimed at reducing poverty among poor people in Sierra Leone has been launched on Monday at the Tonkolili District council hall, by President Ernest Bai Koroma.

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Can Apple And IBM Change Health Care? Five Big Questions monitor

Forbes (30.04.2015) Today, at a glitzy press conference at IBM’s new Watson headquarters in Manhattan’s swank Silicon Alley, IBM and Apple announced that they are partnering with Japan Post, which is among other things the largest health- and life-insurance company in Japan, to start a project that will provide iPads to millions of senior citizens with the aim of improving their health and their lives

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Nigeria: Glo Launches Mobile Health Insurance monitor

allAfrica.com (01.05.2015) Globacom, Nigeria's National Carrier, has berthed the National Mobile Health Insurance product which would afford Nigerians the opportunity to have quality access to quality health care delivery system.

published Health, Information and communication technology nigeria
Uganda: How Social Protection Grants Can Be a Force for Development monitor

allAfrica.com (03.05..2015) Dr Michael Samson is a leading scholar on social protection. He is the director of research at the Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) in Cape Town, South Africa.

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France: 70 ans de la Sécu: Touraine lance une réflexion pour "un régime maladie universel" monitor

AFP (05.05.2015) La ministre de la Santé Marisol Touraine a annoncé mardi une réflexion sur la création d'un "régime maladie universel" afin de simplifier "radicalement" la couverture des soins pour tous, à l'occasion d'un discours sur les 70 ans de la Sécurité sociale.

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Interview: Health promotion replacing safety to become major concern for int'l labor experts monitor

Shanghay Daily (29.04.2015) Health promotion has replaced the traditional safety issues and accidents to become the most important topic in terms of protecting the rights of workers, international labor officials and experts said during a high-level panel discussion held on Tuesday.

published Occupational accidents and diseases
France: De plus en plus de retraités choisissent de travailler monitor

France info (28.04.2015) Le nombre des retraités qui doivent continuer à travailler pour vivre - ou qui choisissent de le faire - a doublé en quatre ans. Les sites internet se multiplient pour leur permettre de trouver des petits boulots.

published Pensions france
Protection sociale au Mali
 : Le réseau «Multi-acteurs» veut faire mieux monitor

Malijet (27.04.2015) Vendredi 24 Avril dernier, à la Maison de la Presse, s’est tenue une journée de mobilisation des mouvements sociaux autour de la stratégie nationale d’extension de la couverture au Mali. La rencontre était initiée par le Réseau «Multi- acteurs» du Mali pour la protection sociale et l’ensemble de ses partenaires dont «Solidarité Mondiale».

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Suisse: 2e pilier: Les caisses de pension pénalisées par les taux négatifs monitor

24heures.ch (27.04.2015) Les difficultés pour les assurances sociales se sont accentuées depuis l'introduction des taux négatifs. Les caisses de pension «doivent verser 20 à 25 milliards de francs de rentes».

published Financing, Pensions switzerland
France: La prime sur objectifs des médecins s'est étoffée en 2014 monitor

nouvelobs.com (27.04.2015) Bonus pour inciter les médecins à mieux prescrire, la prime sur objectifs 2014 vient d'être versée. De l'ordre de 6.200 euros pour les généralistes, elle est en hausse, signe d'une amélioration des pratiques, en matière, notamment, de suivi des diabètes.

published Health france
Social Protection: ILO - More than half of the global rural population excluded from health care monitor

ilo/news (27.04.2015) A new ILO report shows that 56 per cent of people living in rural areas worldwide do not have access to essential health-care services – more than double the figure in urban areas, where 22 per cent are not covered.

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Commission’s report on progress in modernising member states’ social protection systems monitor

The Baltic Course (27.04.2015) Experts from the European Social Policy Network published a report, which showed progress made by the some EU member states in implementing reforms toward the modernisation of the social protection systems. However, the states have to activate efforts across the EU in eradicating poverty and supporting people excluded from the labour market.

published european union
Ghana: Social Protection Policy to fulfill govt promise monitor

Ghanaweb (22,04.2015) Mr Antwi-Boasiako Sekyere, the Eastern Regional Minister, has observed that the development of a National Social Protection Policy would not only benefit the less privileged in society, but also give meaning to government’s promise to promote good governance and investment in people.

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