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The social insurance regulations for foreign workers in Vietnam
The social insurance regulations for foreign workers in Vietnam
Vietnam

From 1 July 2025, foreign nationals in Vietnam on labour contracts of at least 12 months must join compulsory social insurance, unless exempt. They get the same benefits as locals. Contributions total 25% of salary: 8% by the worker and 17% by the employer, split...

NHI Implementation in South Africa: Key Risks and Challenges
NHI Implementation in South Africa: Key Risks and Challenges
South Africa

South Africa’s NHI aims for universal healthcare but risks higher costs, reduced access, overburdened public hospitals, provider exits, rising lawsuits, and costly transitions. Without viable alternatives, it could destabilise both public and private healthcare...

German Chancellor Merz announces massive cuts to social welfare benefits
German Chancellor Merz announces massive cuts to social welfare benefits
Germany

Germany expedites cuts to social welfare, pensions, and healthcare to cover military spending, deepening poverty for workers and pensioners while sparing the wealthy. Rising deficits fuel class tensions, prompting calls for socialist reorganization.Germany is moving...

Philippine healthcare: Families drowning in out-of-pocket expenses
Philippine healthcare: Families drowning in out-of-pocket expenses
Philippines

Out-of-pocket health spending in the Philippines hit ₱615B in 2024, 42.7% of total healthcare costs, exposing families to debt as government schemes lag behind rising expenses. Experts urge reforms and new financing tools like sin taxes to ease the unsustainable...

Bulgarian drug procurement bill blocked, defying EU infringement process
Bulgarian drug procurement bill blocked, defying EU infringement process
Bulgaria

Bulgaria faces EU sanctions as private hospitals, exempt from public procurement, overcharge for medicines. Reformers’ attempts to reintroduce tenders are blocked by political resistance and lobbying, costing the state millions annually and breaching EU rules.Since...

Catastrophic health expenditure and household impoverishment in Togo
Togo

This peer review journal article published in 2023 analyses catastrophic health expenditures and effects on household impoverishment in Togo.  Since 2015, Togo has been committed to working towards ensuring access to quality health care without its citizens incurring...

One in five women in WHO Southeast Asia region covered under health insurance
One in five women in WHO Southeast Asia region covered under health insurance
India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Nepal

In WHO Southeast Asia, only 1 in 5 women and 1 in 4 men have health insurance, with major gaps due to cultural, economic, and systemic factors. Tailored policies, stronger financing, and community education are needed to boost coverage and achieve Universal Health...

Strategies for improving migrant health in Iran: a realist review
Iran (Islamic Republic of)

This realist review of 67 studies identified 27 strategies to enhance migrant health in Iran, focusing on trust-building through intersectoral governance, inclusive insurance to reduce financial barriers, cultural competency to improve accessibility, and community or...