Le Soleil (16.06.2016) Des acteurs de la santé, de la société civile, des autorités administratives, politiques, des dignitaires religieux, entre autres, se sont engagés devant le ministre de la Santé à porter le plaidoyer pour améliorer la santé de la mère et de l’enfant. Après leur déclaration, ils ont intégré l’Alliance nationale de plaidoyer sur la santé de la mère, de l’enfant et de l’adolescent. Cette alliance a été lancée, avant-hier, à Dakar, par le Pr Awa Marie Coll Seck, ministre de la Santé et de l’Action sociale.

The Indian Express (22.06.2016) Recently, Thailand prime minister, accompanied by a high-level delegation, visited India to enhance partnership between the two countries in the areas of trade, defence, security, education, science and technology and people-to-people contacts. Although not included in this list, healthcare is an area where India has much to learn from Thailand.

Irish Times (16.06.2016) Future Government reforms should aim to increase the extent of universal health coverage while building from the existing system, a new paper drawn up by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has said.

Japan Times (04.06.2016) When Heni Karmila sought to find a doctor for her ailing mother using Indonesia’s new health care system, she faced a nine-hour wait in a line outside a crowded public hospital in Jakarta.

Medical News Today (26.05.2016) In the first analysis of its kind, researchers find that unemployment and reduced public sector healthcare spend in the 2008-2010 global economic crisis is linked to an increase in cancer deaths. They also find universal healthcare coverage appears to protect against this effect.

adiac-congo.com (18.05.2016) Le système de sécurité sociale actuellement en vigueur au Congo prend en charge uniquement les agents de l’Etat et les travailleurs du secteur privé. C’est ainsi que le gouvernement a pris l’engagement d’étendre la protection sociale dans ses aspects de base dans l’ensemble de la population. Dans une interview exclusive aux Dépêches de Brazzaville, l’Administrateur de MAD Invest, Christian Maniongui, revient sur les résultats des études menées par son cabinet sur l’assurance maladie et présentés récemment aux autorités congolaises.

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.

New Vision (16.05.2016) "The health system worked better during the war because humanitarian organisations helped us."

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

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.