Bloomberg Business (11.12.2015) South Africa’s cabinet has approved a policy white paper on a compulsory health-insurance plan.

The Indian Express (30.11.2015) A survey conducted by the International Centre for Research on Women has revealed that girls who received conditional cash transfer (CCT), attained higher schooling and were more likely to continue their education.

Yibada (18.11.2015) In a survey conducted by China Youth Daily, 88.9 percent of its 2,966 respondents expressed their wish to have a longer maternity leave should they have a second child. Of this number, 40.7 percent hoped the period will be extended to six months, while 26 percent asked for a one-year extension. Another 6.6 percent said that the leave should be prolonged to three years.

Xinhua Net (10.11.2015) China ha superado la meta anual establecida para su programa de viviendas asequibles de 2015, según los datos facilitados hoy por el Ministerio de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano-Rural del país.

World Bank News (09.11.2015) China has an unmatched record of achievement in poverty reduction over the past three and a half decades - accounting for 72 percent of the global reduction in extreme poverty. Last month, at the United Nations General Assembly, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's ambitious targets to further reduce poverty, as 7 percent of the developing world's poor still live in China today.

CNN (22.09.2015) What do you do when over half of health sector spending is available to less than a fifth of the population? When only 16% have private health insurance and the 84% who do not are forced to turn to a public sector overstretched and understaffed?

Times Of Oman (27.09.2015) Mandatory health insurance coverage is currently under discussion for residents of the Indian state of Kerala, who plan to migrate abroad from the state, said a top official from the department responsible for the welfare of Keralite migrants.

Global Post (30.09.2015) China and Switzerland signed a social insurance agreement Wednesday that will exempt company personnel sent to work in each other's country from mandatory social insurance contributions.

The Guardian (03.08.2015) President Xi Jinping’s government unveils latest step in plan to deliver universal affordable treatment to population of 1.4 billion people

Scroll In (29.07.2015) The Modi government is yet to make its ambitious health plan public, and experts fear it will end up outsourcing care to the private sector instead of strengthening public hospitals.