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España: Las pensiones solo serán sostenibles en 2050 si se crean 10 millones de empleos

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El País (11.07.2016) Una de las primeras tareas del nuevo Gobierno será estabilizar el sistema de pensiones. Los ingresos no son suficientes desde 2012 para pagar las prestaciones mientras el Fondo de Reserva se apagará en 2017 tras una lenta agonía. Las señales de alarma llegan desde dentro y fuera de España. Uno de los últimos en instar a la búsqueda de soluciones ha sido BBVA Research.

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Jamaica: Minister Reaffirms Universal Healthcare Access

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Jamaica Information Service (06.07.2016) Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says even as Government pursues creative means of financing the public-health system, it remains committed to universal healthcare access.

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Health
Health insurance
Extension of coverage

US: Obamacare’s Tobacco Surcharges Slowed Universal Health Care in Study

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Bloomberg (06.07.2016) The Affordable Care Act was meant to have a particular impact on smokers when it was enacted: It would shift the burden of high health-care costs from smoking ailments to the smokers themselves—17 percent of American adults in 2014. At the same time, the ACA would keep making progress toward the goal of universal health care, even for smokers.

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United States
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Ausralia: Obese preschoolers have 60 percent higher healthcare costs than healthy weight children

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sciencedaily.com (06.07.2016) Obese children aged 2-5 years old are two to three times more likely to be admitted to hospital and have 60 percent higher healthcare costs than healthy weight children, a study an Australian research team has found. This is the first study to reveal the higher direct health care costs of obesity in preschool aged children compared with those of normal weight.

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australia
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France: Syndrome d'épuisement professionnel - La reconnaissance des pathologies psychiques comme maladies professionnelles est améliorée

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Service public (15.06.2016) Depuis le 10 juin 2016, les pathologies psychiques peuvent être plus facilement reconnues comme des maladies professionnelles. Toutes les affections psychiques sont concernées et notamment le syndrome d'épuisement professionnel, communément appelé « burn-out ».

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france
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Occupational accidents and diseases

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France: Assurance santé - quand manger bio ou faire du sport fait baisser la facture

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Metro News (07.07.2016) Baisser le montant de sa prime d'assurance santé en soignant son hygiène de vie : c'est ce qu'une grande compagnie d'assurance va proposer en France en 2017. Ce qui suscite des craintes auprès du ministère de la Santé.

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Sénégal: Les maux de la Couverture maladie universelle

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Sen 24 heures (04.07.2016) Le programme de Couverture maladie universelle (CMU) vise un taux de 75 % en 2017. À un an et demi de l’échéance, le pourcentage se situe à 47 %. Dans le dossier qu’Enquête a consacré à la CMU dans son édition de ce lundi, le directeur général de l’Agence de la CMU, Cheikh Mbengue, se veut optimiste. « L’objectif est atteignable, clame-t-il. (…) Avec ce que nous sommes en train de faire, nous espérons qu’il y aura un basculement vers les mutuelles de santé d’ici à 2017.

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senegal
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Health
Health insurance
Extension of coverage

Le plus grand fonds de pension du monde enregistre une perte de 45 milliards d’euros

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lesechos.fr (01.07.2016) Le GPIF, fonds de pension japonais, a subi une lourde perte lors de son exercice 2015-2016. C’est la conséquence de la chute de la Bourse de Tokyo, mais aussi de son changement de stratégie.

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japan
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Pensions
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[Report] ILO: Future of work - Technology transforming industries critical for growth and jobs in ASEAN

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ILO/News (07.07.2016) A new study by the International Labour Organization’s Bureau for Employers’ Activities shows that the robot age is already a reality in ASEAN countries. More than 60 per cent of enterprises surveyed in the region see new technologies as a positive for increasing sales, labour productivity and employment of highly skilled workers.

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Asia
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Information and communication technology

Ghana: Trust to mobilise more funds to help implement social protection policy

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Graphic Online (05.07.2016) A trust is to be established to provide an opportunity to mobilise funds largely from outside the Consolidated Fund, to help with the implementation of the Ghana National Social Protection Policy (GNSPP) over the next 15 years.  

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