South Africa moves towards universal health care, while India stagnates

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Scroll In (29.07.2015) The Modi government is yet to make its ambitious health plan public, and experts fear it will end up outsourcing care to the private sector instead of strengthening public hospitals.

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West Africa: Using ICT to Drive Social Security

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This Day Live (29.07.2015) As several West African countries, including Nigeria, move to implement their own forms of social security, deployment of ICT has been identified as an effective tool to drive its smooth implementation. Damilola Oyedele writes.

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Africa
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Angola: Social Welfare Reaffirms Protection to Most Vulnerable

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allAfrica.com (22.07.2015) The State Secretary for Social Welfare, Maria da Luz Magalhães, Wednesday pledged the government commitment to promotes and guarantee the necessary measures to ensure the right to assistance of childhood, pregnancy, disability and old age in any working situation

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Belgique: La Chambre vote la réforme des pensions majorité contre opposition

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La libre (16.07.2015) La Chambre a approuvé jeudi en séance plénière après de longs débats parlementaires le relèvement de l'âge de la retraite à 67 ans. Le vote s'est déroulé majorité contre opposition. Seul le PP s'est abstenu.

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Pensions
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France: Les patients résidant à l'étranger ont laissé une ardoise de 120 millions d'euros à l'AP-HP en 2014

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Le Figaro (16.07.2015) Ce chiffre équivaut à plus du double du déficit des activités de soins des hôpitaux parisiens, qui était de 49 millions d'euros en 2014. Parmi les pays les plus redevables, l'Algérie arrive en tête, suivie du Maroc et des États-Unis.

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