Viet Nam: Hundreds die in work accidents

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Viet Nam News (31.07.2015) Construction and machinery installation jobs are the most dangerous in the country. Together they accounted for 30 per cent of work-related accidents nationwide, according to statistics from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

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Occupational accidents and diseases

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Ghana: Social protection - National household registry to be established

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Pulse (31.07.2015) The Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection will soon set up a Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR). This will help harmonise the registration of all social protection programmes in the country.

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Governance and administration
Social policies & programmes

Nigeria needs robust technology platform to provide social welfare

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World Stage News (30.07.2015) Nigeria’s Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Clement Illoh has made case for a change in the ways of providing social security in Nigeria by deploying a more robust technology platform in view of the falling oil prices and global recession,.

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Information and communication technology

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Nigeria: NSITF Awaits Buhari’s Assent to Expanded Employees Compensation Act

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This Day (30.07.2015) The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has disclosed that it is awaiting President Muhammadu Buhari to append his signature to the amended Employee Compensation Act which will enable it expand its services from social security to social welfare.

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nigeria
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Governance and administration
Information and communication technology

France: Le nombre d'accidents du travail et de maladies professionnelles en augmentationl

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Dossier Familial (30.07.2015) 2014, le nombre d'accidents du travail a progressé de 0,5% et celui de maladies professionnelles de 0,3%. Ces hausses, précise le rapport de gestion 2014 de la Direction des risques professionnels de l'assurance maladie suivent deux années de baisse.

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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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Extension of coverage