The Scotsman (26.05.2016) The number of people working beyond retirement age in Scotland has almost doubled since 2004, new Scottish Government statistics show.

The Guardian (25.05.2016) The International Monetary Fund claims to support health, education and welfare programmes. Yet our research shows enforcing fiscal austerity remains its real concern

Le Monde (25.05.2016) L’aide financière – baptisée « option démographique » – actuellement allouée aux médecins pour les attirer dans les déserts médicaux « n’est pas suffisamment attractive ». Tel est le constat dressé par l’Assurance-maladie dans un document, qu’elle doit présenter mercredi 25 mai aux syndicats de praticiens, lors d’une nouvelle séance de négociations pour la future convention – et que l’Agence France-Presse a pu consulter.

TDG (23.05.2016) La nouvelle grille doit, demande Berne, réduire les rentes de situation et ne pas coûter plus cher aux assurés.

TDG (25.05.2016) Après l’échec du congé paternité au parlement, les syndicats lancent leur initiative populaire.

Telquel.ma (23.06.2016) Le retard accusé dans la réforme des retraites accentue chaque année le déficit de la Caisse marocaine de retraite. Il atteindra fin 2016 six milliards de dirhams selon le directeur de l’institution.

WHO (May 2016) Having a skilled health professional during childbirth can save the life of a woman and her child. But, in many parts of the world and within many countries, the presence of a health worker during childbirth is often a luxury. If a woman is poor, she is even more likely to deliver without support, putting herself and child at risk.

ip-watch (23.05.2016) The World Health Assembly opened today with World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan repeating that this year has a record number of agenda items and over 3,000 participants. She slapped at profit-seeking mechanisms leading to “slow-motion disasters,” which put economic interests above concerns about well-being. In particular, she underlined the lack of research and development for antimicrobial treatments and the rise of chronic non-communicable diseases.

Daily Trust (22.05.2016) The acting managing director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ismail Agaka, has said that NSITF Act is presently going through the legislative process of amendment at the National Assembly to give clout to execute other aspects of social protection programmes. He said the trust fund has, in this regard, begun aggressive training of its staff in readiness for the expansion of its mandate.

World Bank/News (20.05.2016) In 2011, Tunisia set itself on a new trajectory, peacefully ousting a 30-year dictatorship. In the five years that have followed, Tunisians have passed a new constitution and held democratic elections. Tunisia’s also managed to maintain stability, despite security threats at home and unrest next door in Libya. But, though it’s moved forward politically, social inequity inside it persists, with little progress on the sort of economic reforms needed to address the underlying roots of the country’s democratic uprising.