Health

Nigeria: 'States Key to Effective Health Insurance in Nigeria'

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allAfrica.com (17.05.2016) Health insurance cannot work in the country without the involvement of states and local government areas, the Acting Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) , Mr Olufemi Akingbade has said.

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Extension of coverage

France: Médicaments : l'Assurance maladie s'intéresse aux startups pour dépenser moins

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latribune.fr (12.05.2016) La Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie (Cnam) veut "accompagner la création de services ou d'applications numériques innovantes au service du bon usage du médicament". Lors d'un "hackathon santé", mardi, elle a mis un coup de projecteur sur cinq startups travaillant sur l'amélioration de l'observance et l'optimisation des prescriptions de médicaments. Des solutions qui lui permettraient de réaliser des économies.

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france
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Venezuela's health system collapses with economy

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Houston Chronicle (15.05.2016) The economic crisis in this country has exploded into a public health emergency, claiming the lives of untold numbers of Venezuelans. It is just part of a larger unraveling here that has become so widespread it has prompted President Nicolás Maduro to impose a state of emergency and has raised fears of a government collapse.

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venezuela
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Service quality

'We need fundamental changes': US doctors call for universal healthcare

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The Guardian (05.05.2016) More than 2,000 physicians want a single-payer system similar to Canada’s and say the Affordable Care Act didn’t go far enough

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United States
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Health insurance
Extension of coverage

Rwanda: Progress towards Universal Health Coverage

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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.

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rwanda
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Health insurance
Extension of coverage

El proyecto de “Informatización del Sistema Nacional de Salud en Cuba” obtuvo un premio en la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información

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Ciber Cuba (22.04.2016) La Empresa cubana de Soluciones Informáticas (Softel), que forma parte delGrupo Empresarial de la Informática y las Comunicaciones, obtuvo la categoría de Champion Project (Proyecto Campeón) en los Premios 2016 de la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información, que serán otorgados en mayo por la Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT).

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cuba
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Health insurance
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Mali: Assurance maladie obligatoire : Le boulet de la fraude

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Malijet (19.04.2016) La fraude constitue une menace sérieuse pour la survie de l’Assurance maladie obligatoire (AMO). Afin de lutter contre le phénomène, la Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie (CANAM), en collaboration avec l’Initiative d’information, de communication et de plaidoyer sur la protection sociale au Mali (ICP-Mali), a organisé une journée d’échanges sur le thème : « rôle et place des médias dans la prévention et la lutte contre la fraude des prestations liées à l’AMO ».

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mali
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Error, evasion and fraud

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