The Mouvement sénégalais pour le développement (MSD) and other farmers' organizations closed their three-day workshop in Thiès on Thursday with a declaration of commitment to accelerate the enrolment of their members in universal health coverage. Farmers'...
Vietnam’s Rural Population Enjoys Better Healthcare Services Thanks to Smart Investment in Hospital Upgrading
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Casual workers clamor for better insurance coverage
The lackluster insurance coverage of casual workers attracted the attention of Premier Li Keqiang during the annual gathering of the nation's highest legislative body in March. Without work injury insurance, casual workers who suffer injuries face an uphill...
Burkina Faso validates free treatment for HIV patients
Under the aegis of the President of Faso, the Conseil national de lutte contre le SIDA et les infections sexuellement transmissibles held its 19th ordinary session. It was an opportunity to validate the new HIV control framework covering the period...
COVID-19 in India: Who are we leaving behind?
The world's COVID-19 response has been unsettling especially regarding people living in informal settlements, migrants, refugees, and other ultra-vulnerable populations. It reiterates serious concerns about health inequality, as well as people lacking human rights and...
Impact of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure on Consumption Patterns in India
The financial burden from health expenditure is a serious cause of concern for low-and middle-income countries as they tend to push households into poverty or deepen their existing poverty. In India, where out-of-pocket expenditures are high, poor and daily wage...
India’s historic effort to expand health insurance to individuals living Below Poverty Line
One of the most ambitious health care reforms in history, Ayushman Bharat, was rolled out in 2018 in India. It is expected to provide health insurance coverage to 100 million below poverty line families in a country where two-thirds of all health expenditures are out...
Journalists benefit from INAM health insurance
This is a major step towards improving the living and working conditions of journalists in the private press. "We felt it was important to subscribe to INAM health insurance for our union members, because today we work in a precarious situation. Almost all journalists...
SAINT-LOUIS – PRESENTATION OF MEMBERSHIP CARDS FOR A MUTUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY
In the commune of Ross Béthio, several children of migrants returning to the Saint-Louis region received their membership cards for the commune's Mutuelle de Santé. The operation is on the initiative of the leaders of the Jeunesse Espoir organization, as...
National Assembly opts for free healthcare for minorities
Victory for the million pygmies after the vote on a bill enshrining positive discrimination in favor of marginalized indigenous peoples . This is the culmination of a long struggle by the Congolese civil society organization Dynamique des groupes des peuples...
Japan to fund $2.8 million project for Vietnam population vulnerable to Covid-19
The project "Mitigating Covid-19 impacts on vulnerable populations, ensuring national progress to achieve SDGs in Vietnam" will be co-implemented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Vietnam's Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Ministry of...
Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis benefit from inclusive COVID-19 response
At the beginning of 2021, the Bangladesh government began the rollout of a national COVID-19 vaccination plan, with the first vaccinations taking place in the capital at the end of January. Over the next month, more than three million Bangladeshis received their first...
Deferment of Labour Codes delays health & income security to gig workers in India
Furthering the agenda of labour empowerment, India consolidated 29 central labour laws into four codes - The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, and the Code on Wages,...
Center National de la Drépanocytose – The 2021 budget set at over 663 million FCFA
On March 30, the "Antoinette-Sassou- N'Guesso" sickle cell disease national reference center adopted its budget for the 2021 financial year, with revenue and expenditure totalling 663,325,000 CFA francs, during the 4th ordinary session of the management committee...
Firm commitments to eliminate obstetric fistula by 2030
In order to eliminate obstetric fistula by 2030 in West and Central Africa, several First Ladies of Africa are committed to mobilizing more resources and strengthening their support for the fight against this scourge at the high-level round table on the theme of "A...