The News (05.10.2016) Pakistan has taken a major step in the realm of universal health coverage by launching the National Health Insurance Initiative, which caters to the health needs of population living below the poverty line through provision of free health services in the public and private sectors. The initiative, in terms of its model and scale, serves as an example that can be replicated in other countries of the region.

telegraph.co.uk (08.10.2016) Radical pension reforms are being prepared by the Government to help millions of savers get better returns, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt.

Metro Libre (09.10.2016) Panamá acogerá el Foro Mundial de la Seguridad Social del 14 al 18 de noviembre próximo, en el que se estudiará los desafíos y el futuro del sistema por parte de más de mil expertos de 155 países, informaron hoy sus organizadores.

Les Echos (08.10.2016) Avec le projet de loi de financement de la Sécurité sociale pour 2017, la couverture sociale obligatoire des artisans et commerçants serait étendue aux professions libérales non réglementées.

Politico (06.10.2016) Europe’s health care systems aren’t feeling very well. Doctors have been threatening massive strikes in Britain to protest pay and conditions. Italian regions are going bankrupt trying to fund medicines. Drugmakers are pulling diabetes drugs from Germany, blaming government-set prices that don’t let them recoup their investment.

BBC News (09.10.2016) A new financial guidance service to provide advice on pensions, managing debts and other money issues is to be created by the government.

The Financial Express (02.10.2016) Experts have underscored the need for taking community-based adaptive social protection schemes in Bangladesh aiming to address poverty and cope with the aftermath of any disaster.

Koaci Infos (04.10.2016( Plusieurs jeunes diplômés en quête d’emploi ont pris d’assaut l’Hôtel ivoire pour être témoin de cet important évènement qui a selon la Directrice générale, fondatrice de la maison des chefs d’entreprises organisatrice de ce salon, Yolande Canon, une vision et des ambitions engagées.

latimes.com (11.10.2016) The future of the U.S. healthcare system will be influenced to a large extent by a company that makes weapons of war.

Reuters (12.10.2016) Le recul de 60 à 62 ans de l'âge légal de la retraite occasionnera des surcoûts allant jusqu'à 2,1 milliards d'euros par an sous la forme de suppléments de pensions d'invalidité et de minima sociaux, selon la direction des études (Drees) du ministère des Affaires sociales.