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FAO: La protection sociale, un pilier pour la lutte contre la pauvreté

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AFP (13.10.2015) Promouvoir les programmes de protection sociale, en particulier au bénéfice des femmes, contribue à réduire la pauvreté et l'insécurité alimentaire dans les zones les plus touchées, estime l'Organisation de l'ONU pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) dans un rapport présenté mardi à Rome.

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Uganda: Government's health plan seeks to increase life expectancy

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New Vision (13.10.2015) The Ministry of Health has announced measures it will pursue to ensure that Ugandans live longer healthier lives. They include “seven tips to better health at community level.” The measures announced by the minister, Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye are also meant to ensure that the goal of the health sector, which is attainment of a good standard of health by all people in Uganda, is achieved.

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Couverture maladie universelle: ICP-Mali informe des hommes de médias

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Malijet (09.10.2015) Pour mieux informer les hommes de médias sur les tenants et aboutissants de la couverture maladie universelle à l’horizon 2018, l’Initiative d’Information, de Communication et de Plaidoyer sur la Protection Sociale au Mali (ICP-Mali), en collaboration avec la Fondation Friedrich Ebert, a organisé une conférence-débats ayant réuni une trentaine de journalistes et des acteurs de la protection sociale.

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mali
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Expanding Social Security May Pay for Itself! Higher Benefits May Decrease Alzheimer's and Dementia 

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huffingtonpost.com (07.10.2015) Public health experts quip that when it comes to your health, your zip code can be more important than your genetic code. They understand that there are many factors that are crucial to health outcomes, and a major one is financial security and stability. Groundbreaking new research, showing that increasing Social Security's modest benefits may delay or even avert Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, proves just how profound that quip is.

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Madagascar – De la protection sociale pour les paysans

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L'Express de Madagascar (05.10.2015) Des laissés pour compte. Les paysans qui représentent les 85% de la population ne bénéficient pas encore de protection sociale. Or, ils travaillent dur pour subvenir à leurs besoins quotidiens et pour assurer le rôle de moteur du développement du pays. Pour redresser cette inégalité en matière de sécurisation sociale, la Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (CNaPS) étudie les conditions et les formes possibles de couverture sociale pour que les paysans puissent bénéficier de tous les avantages qu’elle offre à tous ses adhérents.

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madagascar
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[Report] WHO/Europe: New evidence: how the economic crisis has affected health systems and health in Europe

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Euro WHO (07.09.2015) Economic shocks pose a threat to health and health system performance by increasing people's requirements for health care and, at the same time, making access to care more difficult. The financial and economic crisis has had a visible but varied impact on many health systems in Europe, eliciting a wide range of responses from governments facing fiscal pressure.

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Europe
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International Day of Older Persons: More than half of the world’s older persons lack quality long-term care

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ilo.org (28.09.2015) A new ILO study reveals a global shortfall of 13.6 million care workers undermining the delivery of quality services to more than half of the world’s older persons.

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