ILO (april 2016) This note describes the social health protection system in Rwanda. Community-based Health Insurance schemes in the country have helped to achieve near universal health coverage and make affordable health care accessible to people.
Le Monde (04.04.2016) En France, une famille sur cinq est monoparentale, voire une sur quatre en région parisienne, selon l’Insee. Et dans 85 % des cas, le parent isolé est une femme. « Le profil des familles monoparentales recouvre une grande diversité. Cela peut être la conséquence d’une séparation, d’un veuvage, d’un parent qui a toujours vécu seul ou encore d’un couple ne vivant pas ensemble », explique Jean-Philippe Vallat, sous-directeur des actions et recherches pour les familles, de l’Union nationale des associations familiales (UNAF).
Finanzen Net (28.04.2016) Neue Formen der Arbeit erfordern neue Antworten für den Schutz der Beschäftigten bei der Arbeit. Darauf weisen Berufsgenossenschaften und Unfallkassen anlässlich des Welttages für Arbeitsschutz und Gesundheit (28.4.2016) mit einer neuen Publikation hin. Darin beschreiben Präventionsfachleute der gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung die Trends, die derzeit die Arbeitswelt verändern, und welche Auswirkungen sich daraus für die Sicherheit und Gesundheit der Menschen ergeben. Demnach ermöglichten technologische Entwicklungen neue Formen, Arbeit zu organisieren.
Fiji Times (28.04.2016) Work-related stress poses a real threat to a person's health, says Fiji Trade Union Congress assistant national secretary Rouhit Singh.
ILO (27.04.2016) The relationship between workplace stress and poor mental health is well established. In our recent publication, Workplace Stress: A Collective Challenge , the ILO’s Safety and Health at Work team surveyed the most recent studies on workplace stress from around the world including, among others, Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, Australia and Europe. We found that work related stress costs global society untold billions in direct and indirect costs annually.
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (April 2016) This literature review assesses the evidence on internal migrants’ participation in social protection schemes. Internal migrants often risk being ineligible for social protection owing to a combination of population registration and residency requirements. However, even when eligible, they may in practice not participate.
ILO (26.04.2016) The ILO works with unions and the government in China to reduce the impact of stress and poor ergonomics on workers.
Vienna Online (26.04.2016) Die Zahl der Arbeitsunfälle in Österreich ist laut einer Statistik der AUVA um drei Prozent zurückgegangen. Am häufigsten verletzt man sich bei der Arbeit an Maschinen oder mit Werkzeug.
Iceland Review (25.04.2016) If a bill proposed in parliament by Minister for Health Kristján Þór Júlíusson is approved, heath care costs will increase for 120,000 Icelanders, 37,000 of them retirees, RÚV reports.
socialeurope.eu (25.04.2016) Have the negative economic consequences brought about by the financial crisis made European welfare states unaffordable? Iain Begg writes that while there is some validity to criticisms of welfare spending, the welfare state performs a number of core functions that ensure it will continue to be around for the foreseeable future. He also notes that European welfare states have shown a greater capacity for change than is often recognised, with the shift toward a system that gives priority to social investment making a real difference in several countries.
