bbc.com (10.10.2016) Eighteen-year-old high school student Edger Mulili says he would not be alive today if his father had not contributed $5 (£4) a month to a government health insurance scheme in Kenya.
Politico (06.10.2016) Europe’s health care systems aren’t feeling very well. Doctors have been threatening massive strikes in Britain to protest pay and conditions. Italian regions are going bankrupt trying to fund medicines. Drugmakers are pulling diabetes drugs from Germany, blaming government-set prices that don’t let them recoup their investment.
latimes.com (11.10.2016) The future of the U.S. healthcare system will be influenced to a large extent by a company that makes weapons of war.
francetvinfo.fr (13.10.2016) Un rapport d'enquête parlementaire rendu le 13 octobre estime que reconnaître la fibromyalgie en tant que maladie et plus seulement en tant que syndrome serait une avancée importante pour les malades.
PulseNews (14.10.2016) "Three, two, one, launch!" And with that, catapulted from a ramp, the small fixed-wing drone buzzes into the air towards its pre-programmed destination, the Kabgayi hospital two kilometres away.
EurActiv (20.10.2016) National healthcare systems should embrace the digital era and use Health Technology Assessment (HTA) to become truly sustainable and cost-effective, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis told EurActiv.com in an interview.
Les Echos (26.10.2016) L'assurance-maladie prend en charge 88 % des dépenses de santé des patients en affection longue durée.
TDG (20.10.2016) L’Université des seniors publie une étude sur le lien entre économie et santé. Elle révèle un potentiel de réduction des coûts.
Le Nouveau Gabon (26.10.2016) Pour les administrateurs de la Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie et de garantie sociale (CNAMGS), le but de cette initiative est d'amener le personnel à acquérir des notions de base dans la gestion, l'organisation des systèmes d'information, la construction et la mise en place d'un service de gestion des domaines précis relevant de la documentation.
forbes.com (21.11.2016) In India, public health care is free, yet years of under-investment in public health means that facilities are also grossly understaffed and under-equipped. The country also has a massive resource gap of over 4 million health workers and, to compound problems, nearly 60% of existing health workers practice in urban areas.
