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| Title | Authored on | Regions / Country | Abstract | measures summary | Description/integral text (Internal-not for publishing) | Topics | Tags | Status | URL | |
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| Sénégal: Les chiffres de la Couverture maladie universelle : Plus de 3 millions d’enfants soignés, 25000 femmes césarisées | 2016-05-10 | senegal | Pressafrik (10.05.2016) Les chiffres parlent d’eux-mêmes. Ainsi près de 3 millions d’enfants ont pu bénéficier de soins et plus de 25 000 femmes enceintes de la césarienne, grâce au programme de Couverture maladie universelle (CMU), un programme qui a permis le maintien en vie de 550 000… |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage, megatrends, published | http://www.pressafrik.com/Les-chiffres-de-la-Couverture-maladie-universelle-Plu… | monitor | |||
| France: Réorganisation de la protection sociale - pour plus de transparence et d'efficacité | 2016-05-10 | france | Le Figaro (09.05.2016) Le Conseil d'analyse économique a proposé de réorganiser la Sécurité sociale. Sa présidente estime que cette restructuration est nécessaire pour préserver l'efficacité de ce système de protection sociale. |
Social policies & programmes, Financing | managing reforms, published | http://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/economie/2016/05/09/31007-20160509ARTFIG00249-reorga… | monitor | |||
| El 64% de los trabajadores colombianos no tiene protección social: Escuela Nacional Sindical | 2016-05-09 | colombia | Varacpé )01.05.2016) El informe de la ENS da cuenta que en 2015 se produjeron 723.836 accidentes laborales en Colombia. |
poverty, published | http://caracol.com.co/emisora/2016/05/01/medellin/1462109398_105743.html | monitor | ||||
| Empleo juvenil: OIT pide pasar a etapa de acciones concretas para enfrentar el desafío del empleo juvenil en América Latina | 2016-05-09 | latin america | ILO (03.05.2016) Director General Guy Ryder realizó una visita de dos días a Colombia durante la cual se reunió con el Presidente Juan Manuel Santos y con representantes tripartitos de este país. Participó en la IX Conferencia Iberoamericana de Ministros del Trabajo donde recordó que los jóvenes… |
Employment of young workers | youth employment, published | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_477347/lang--es/inde… | monitor | |||
| Youth employment: ILO calls for concrete action to tackle youth employment challenge in Latin America | 2016-05-09 | latin america | ILO/News (03.05.2016) ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has paid a two-day visit to Colombia where he met with President Juan Manuel Santos and tripartite Colombian representatives. He also addressed the 9th Ibero-American Conference of Ministers of Labour emphasising the persistent challenges of… |
Employment of young workers | youth employment, published | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_478485/lang--en/inde… | monitor | |||
| 'We need fundamental changes': US doctors call for universal healthcare | 2016-05-09 | United States | The Guardian (05.05.2016) More than 2,000 physicians want a single-payer system similar to Canada’s and say the Affordable Care Act didn’t go far enough |
Health, Health promotion, Health insurance, Extension of coverage | extending coverage, published | http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/05/us-doctors-calling-universal-hea… | monitor | |||
| [Opinion] USA: Social Security - A brave new world starts this week | 2016-05-09 | United States | Reuters (05.05.2016) The Social Security "file-ocalypse" came and went, and the system is still standing. Workers are claiming benefits and the Social Security Administration still is making payments. |
published | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-column-miller-socialsecurity-idUSKCN0XW0TK | monitor | ||||
| Ghana: Media urged to improve coverage on social protection issues | 2016-05-04 | ghana | starrfmonline.com (30.04.2016) The Communications Manager of Challenging Heights Ghana, Miss Pomaa Arthur, has admonished Ghanaian journalists to improve their coverage on social protection and child-sensitive issues by involving people with less power and influence in public exchanges and… |
Governance and administration | published | http://starrfmonline.com/1.9017637 | monitor | |||
| Ambitious French Act on adapting society to an ageing population | 2016-05-04 | france | europa.eu (27.04.2016) A new Flash Report prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) has just become available and provides information on the ambitious French Act on adapting society to an ageing population |
Population ageing | published | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=fr&catId=89&newsId=2528&furtherNews=… | monitor | |||
| Government of Canada recognizes contributions of older workers in the workforce | 2016-05-03 | canada | canadianinquirer.net (03.05.2016) The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, spoke today about the importance of encouraging and supporting the ongoing participation of older workers in society at the Age‑Friendly Business Initiative Forum, hosted by… |
published | http://www.canadianinquirer.net/2016/05/03/government-canada-recognizes-contrib… | monitor | ||||
| Les Français ne veulent toujours pas entendre parler de dépendance | 2016-05-03 | france | toutsurlaretraite.com 803.05.2016) La dépendance n'est pas encore un sujet abordé facilement lors d'un dîner de famille. Quand à une éventuelle préparation financière de ce risque, les Français sont encore loin de vouloir s'en charger eux-mêmes, préférant une assurance dépendance… |
published | http://www.toutsurlaretraite.com/les-francais-ne-veulent-toujours-pas-entendre-… | monitor | ||||
| China to further deepen reform of healthcare system | 2016-05-03 | china | Xinhua (06.04.2016) China will further deepen reform in healthcare this year with key factors for the reform discussed at a meeting of the central government on Wednesday. |
Health | published | http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-04/06/c_135256187.htm | monitor | |||
| Rwanda: Progress towards Universal Health Coverage | 2016-04-29 | rwanda | ILO (april 2016) This note describes the social health protection system in Rwanda. Community-based Health Insurance schemes in the country have helped to achieve near universal health coverage and make affordable health care accessible to people. |
Health, Health insurance, Extension of coverage | extending coverage, published | http://www.social-protection.org/gimi/gess/ShowRessource.action?ressource_resso… | monitor | |||
| France: Parent solo, quelques aides pour améliorer le quotidien | 2016-04-29 | france | Le Monde (04.04.2016) En France, une famille sur cinq est monoparentale, voire une sur quatre en région parisienne, selon l’Insee. Et dans 85 % des cas, le parent isolé est une femme. « Le profil des familles monoparentales recouvre une grande diversité. Cela peut être la conséquence d’une… |
Family benefits, Social assistance | megatrends, published | http://mobile.lemonde.fr/argent/article/2016/04/04/parent-solo-quelques-aides-p… | monitor | |||
| Deutschland: Arbeit 4.0 verlangt neue Antworten für Arbeitsschutz und Gesundheitsförderung / Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung thematisiert Auswirkungen des Wandels von Arbeit auf die Beschäftigten | 2016-04-28 | germany | Finanzen Net (28.04.2016) Neue Formen der Arbeit erfordern neue Antworten für den Schutz der Beschäftigten bei der Arbeit. Darauf weisen Berufsgenossenschaften und Unfallkassen anlässlich des Welttages für Arbeitsschutz und Gesundheit (28.4.2016) mit einer neuen Publikation hin. Darin… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/Arbeit-4-0-verlangt-neue-Antworten-fue… | monitor | |||
| Fiji: Stress a real threat | 2016-04-28 | fiji | Fiji Times (28.04.2016) Work-related stress poses a real threat to a person's health, says Fiji Trade Union Congress assistant national secretary Rouhit Singh. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=351473 | monitor | |||
| World Day for Safety and Health at Work: Why workplace stress is a collective challenge and what to do about it | 2016-04-28 | ILO (27.04.2016) The relationship between workplace stress and poor mental health is well established. In our recent publication, Workplace Stress: A Collective Challenge , the ILO’s Safety and Health at Work team surveyed the most recent studies on workplace stress from around the world… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/comment-analysis/WCMS_475077/l… | monitor | ||||
| [Report] Internal migrants and social protection: a review of eligibility and take-up | 2016-04-27 | Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (April 2016) This literature review assesses the evidence on internal migrants’ participation in social protection schemes. Internal migrants often risk being ineligible for social protection owing to a combination of population registration and residency… |
Migration | migration, published | https://www.odi.org/publications/10399-internal-migrants-and-social-protection-… | monitor | ||||
| Our impact, their voice: Ergonomics in China: Tackling workplace stress | 2016-04-27 | china | ILO (26.04.2016) The ILO works with unions and the government in China to reduce the impact of stress and poor ergonomics on workers. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/features/WCMS_472313/lang--en/… | monitor | |||
| Statistik zeigt: Rückgang der Arbeitsunfälle in Österreich im Jahr 2015 | 2016-04-26 | austria | Vienna Online (26.04.2016) Die Zahl der Arbeitsunfälle in Österreich ist laut einer Statistik der AUVA um drei Prozent zurückgegangen. Am häufigsten verletzt man sich bei der Arbeit an Maschinen oder mit Werkzeug. |
Occupational accidents and diseases | published | http://www.vienna.at/statistik-zeigt-rueckgang-der-arbeitsunfaelle-in-oesterrei… | monitor | |||
| Health Care Costs Up for 120,000 Icelanders | 2016-04-25 | iceland | Iceland Review (25.04.2016) If a bill proposed in parliament by Minister for Health Kristján Þór Júlíusson is approved, heath care costs will increase for 120,000 Icelanders, 37,000 of them retirees, RÚV reports. |
published | http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/04/25/health-care-costs-120000-icelanders | monitor | ||||
| [Opinion] The Welfare State In Europe: Still Worth Having? | 2016-04-25 | socialeurope.eu (25.04.2016) Have the negative economic consequences brought about by the financial crisis made European welfare states unaffordable? Iain Begg writes that while there is some validity to criticisms of welfare spending, the welfare state performs a number of core functions that… |
published | https://www.socialeurope.eu/2016/04/welfare-state-europe-still-worth | monitor | |||||
| [Opinion] Le revenu universel, généalogie d’une utopie | 2016-04-25 | lemonde.fr (25.04.2016) Si, le 5 juin, les Suisses votent « oui » à la proposition de création d’un « revenu de base universel et inconditionnel », la Confédération helvétique vivra une petite révolution : chaque citoyen suisse, actif ou inactif, SDF ou banquier, jeune ou âgé, recevra un… |
Social assistance, Inequalities | basic income, published | http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2016/04/21/le-revenu-universel-genealogie-d… | monitor | ||||
| El proyecto de “Informatización del Sistema Nacional de Salud en Cuba” obtuvo un premio en la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información | 2016-04-25 | cuba | Ciber Cuba (22.04.2016) La Empresa cubana de Soluciones Informáticas (Softel), que forma parte delGrupo Empresarial de la Informática y las Comunicaciones, obtuvo la categoría de Champion Project (Proyecto Campeón) en los Premios 2016 de la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información, que… |
Health, Health insurance, Information and communication technology | managing reforms, published | https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2016-04-22-u2397-el-proyecto-de-informatizac… | monitor | |||
| Algérie: Déclarations liées aux maladies professionnelles à la CNAS - La prévention une mission première | 2016-04-25 | algeria | El Moudjahid (18.04.2016) Sur les 13.000 visites d’entreprises effectuées entre 2014-2015, la Caisse nationale des assurances sociales des travailleurs salariés (CNAS) a relevé 22.000 infractions liées à la déclaration des procédés de travail susceptibles de provoquer des maladies… |
Occupational accidents and diseases, Governance and administration | http://www.elmoudjahid.com/fr/actualites/93305 | monitor |