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Madagascar: Assurance santé : la caisse de solidarité en gestation

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newsmada.com (05.01.2016) La mise en place de la couverture sanitaire universelle (CSU) est sur la bonne voie. Le ministère de la Santé relève le défi de mettre en chantier la caisse nationale de solidarité dans les hôpitaux durant les six premiers mois de cette année.

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Maroc: La couverture médicale s’élargit, l’assurance-retraite demeure faible

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La Vie Eco (28.12.2015) De 33,7% en 2010, le taux de couverture médicale monte à 62% de la population totale en 2014. Toutefois, le croisement des chiffres entre les différentes sources gagnerait à être développé.

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morocco
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The road to universal health coverage - a case study on Gabon

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WHO (12.12.2015) Mobile phones are becoming one of the world’s most important health tools, used in many countries to track exercise, ensure medicines are genuine, and even to read blood glucose levels. In Gabon, they’re being used to raise revenue for the national health system.

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Australia: Private health insurance rebate likely to stay as system reformed

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The Australian (14.12.2015) The private health insurance rebate is tipped to remain in some form in the federal government’s shake-up of the sector as industry heads warn its removal will destabilise the public and private ­systems.

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australia
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Epidemie in Westafrika: Gesundheitssysteme vor dem Zusammenbruch

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Handelsblatt (02.12.2015) In den nächsten Monaten gehe es vor allem darum, Daten zu sammeln, auszuwerten und dann die notwendigen Programme zu schaffen. Viele Spätfolgen müssten entweder mit Psychotherapie oder Medikamenten behandelt werden. „Wir brauchen Spezialisten“, erklärt Hilde De Clerck.

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WHO calls on countries to protect health from climate change

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WHO Media Centre (17.11.2015) According to WHO estimates, climate change is already causing tens of thousands of deaths every year - from shifting patterns of disease, from extreme weather events, such as heat-waves and floods, and from the degradation of air quality, food and water supplies, and sanitation.

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