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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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gabon
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Health
Health insurance
Extension of coverage

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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Health
Health insurance

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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Africa
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Health

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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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Health
Health promotion
Shocks & extreme events

Côte d'Ivoire: Sidi Touré exhorte les jeunes à adhérer à la Couverture Maladie Universelle

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Abidjan Net (20.11.2015) Le Ministre délégué auprès du Président de la république, chargé de la promotion de la Jeunesse et de l’Emploi Jeunes s’est fait enrôler à la Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU) ce jeudi à son Cabinet, en présence d’une délégation de la Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie (CNAM). Sidi Tiémoko Touré a dit être heureux d’avoir adhérer à cet important projet social et a exhorté les jeunes de Côte d’Ivoire à le faire également.

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côte d'ivoire
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Health
Health insurance
Extension of coverage

Canada: Ontario plans to target home care in overhaul of health care system

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The Globe and Mail (23.11.2015) The Ontario government is preparing to overhaul health care in the province, including scrapping its troubled system for delivering home care and reforming primary care with the aim of improving patient access.

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canada
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Health
Extension of coverage