The Guardian (03.08.2015) President Xi Jinping’s government unveils latest step in plan to deliver universal affordable treatment to population of 1.4 billion people
L'essort (31.07.2015) L’enjeu de la rencontre est de renforcer les capacités des acteurs sur les politiques et stratégies d’extension de la couverture sociale. Les travaux de la réunion du bureau Afrique de l’Ouest de l’Union africaine de la mutualité (UAM-Afro) ont débuté hier dans notre pays.
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.
leadership.ng (28.07.2015) With most parts of the world introducing social security as a step to lift their citizens off the social floor, the popularity of the programme in West Africa sub-region is still abysmally low.
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
Geopolis (20.07.2015) Une première en Europe, la Finlande veut expérimenter une forme de revenu universel. Le nouveau gouvernement de centre droit évoque une allocation de base pour tous les citoyens. Si son montant devait atteindre les 1000 euros mensuels, le travail deviendrait alors «un choix de vie». La Finlande en a peut-être les moyens (voir en bas de p.) mais certains hésitent devant cette révolution culturelle.
Canadian Medical Association Journal (13.07.2015) India's president has declared that a universally accessible health care system is "crucial," but experts say much needs to be done before that can become a reality.
rappler.com (08.07.2015) 'Does Pantawid deliver the intended results? The evidence says yes,' writes the country director of the Asian Development Bank
allAfrica.com (08.07.2015) At least 55 per cent of the world's poor (about 770 million) people are living in dire condition and require urgent socio-economic relief, the World Bank Group's 2015 state of social safety nets report says.
newkerala.com (08.07.2015) The senior United Nations official who will act as head of the upcoming Third International Conference of Financing for Development, to be held in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, announced today that among the meeting's "concrete deliverables" would be a commitment to establish a new technology bank for the least developed countries by 2017.
