EurActiv (08.12.2016) The Maltese EU presidency will seek more transparency in the way pharmaceutical companies negotiate with member states on medicines’ pricing, Health Minister Chris Fearne said in an interview with EurActiv.

Guinéenews (08.12.2016) Le tout premier document de politique nationale sur la protection sociale a été officiellement remis au chef du gouvernement guinéen, Mamady Youla ce mercredi 7 décembre 2016, dans un réceptif hôtelier de la place, a-t-on constaté

ilo.org (09.12.2016) An estimated 50 million decent jobs are missing to address essential global health requirements, while much of the care in the health economy is done by 57 million unpaid family workers, says new ILO study.

Libération (15.11.2016) Avec une fréquence des accidents de travail en baisse en 2015, la branche «risques professionnels» de la sécurité sociale se porte de mieux en mieux. Exception faite du secteur des services à la personne, très touché par les lombalgies.

News VietNamNet (25.11.2016) In Viet Nam, mining, construction, mechanics, chemicals manufacturing and use are the sectors with the highest number of workers contracting occupational illnesses, Nhan Dan (People) newspaper reported.

The Guardian (12.12.2016) The government is set to look at how to increase pensions saving for the self-employed and those with multiple jobs, as part of a review of its flagship auto-enrolment scheme.

L'Echo (05.12.2016) En dé­pen­sant 10,6 mil­liards d'eu­ros pour les pen­sions de ses fonc­tion­naires, la Bel­gique fait le plus gros ef­fort de tous les pays de l'OCDE par rap­port à son éco­no­mie. Non que les ser­vices pu­blics y soient sur­di­men­sion­nés, mais notre pays est un des rares, avec l'Al­le­magne ou la France, à conser­ver un sys­tème de pen­sion propre pour ses fonc­tion­naires.

Business Insider (01.12.2016) None of the 60 largest US corporations, offer the suggested amount of parental leave set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics, a new report finds.

Pensions & Investments (12.12.2016) China’s National Council for Social Security Fund last week announced the selection of 21 local managers to oversee a first tranche of provincial pension fund assets being consolidated under the 1.91 trillion renminbi ($276 billion) National Social Security Fund’s umbrella to take advantage of the fund’s relatively sophisticated investment management capabilities.

Business Today News (13.12.2016) KCB Bank Kenya has disbursed at least Ksh23.5 billion under the government’s social welfare programme Inua Jamii over the past one year, putting money in the pockets of thousands of beneficiaries.