Health and social policy
BRICS' particular activities in health and social policy, importance of public health in national socio-economic development in order to manage inequality, impact of the BRICS on health systems and social protection.
About rising powers, health and social policy
Amongst the Rising Powers, the BRICS have been particularly active in health and social policy. The BRICS Forum has ministerial meetings in Finance and Health, showing the importance attributed to the latter. All 5 countries have invested in public health, viewing it as essential to national socio-economic development, and as an important tool in managing the inequality their countries grapple with. Public health has been integrated into the national and international agendas, with countries like China, Brazil and South Africa all making significant advances in public health. This section examines some of the extensive literature available on the impact of the BRICS in health and social policy – including health systems and social protection.Recommended reading
- Social security coverage extension in the BRICS: a comparative study on the extension of coverage in Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa
- International Social Security Association, 2013
- The five countries of the BRICS, Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa, are facing some common challenges with regard to ageing of their populations, urbanisation, vulnerability to environmental shocks, increas...
- Shifting paradigm: how the BRICS are reshaping global health and development
- Global Health Strategies, 2012
- BRICS' (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) foreign assistance spending has been growing rapidly and these countries have been exploring opportunities for more formal collaboration among themselves and with developing count...
Latest Documents
- Extending social security coverage in the BRICS
- International Social Security Association, 2013
- The five countries of the BRICS, Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa, are facing some common challenges with regard to ageing of their populations, urbanisation, vulnerability to environmental shocks, increas...
- China’s pension system: a vision
- World Bank, 2013
- China is facing a dramatic ageing process and demographic transition as a result of declines in fertility combined with significant increases in longevity. Old-age dependency ratios are therefore projected to almost triple over three ...
- Rising Powers in International Development: an annotated bibliography
- M. Younis; J. Constantine; E. Wach; L. Navas-Alemán; A. Shankland; A. Yadav / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
- The Rising Powers – a category that includes the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) as well as other key countries such as Mexico, Turkey and Indonesia – are establishing themselves as an influential pre...
- Climate change and its impact on population health in southern China: implication for adaptation policy
- Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012
- Climate change has become an increasingly important public health concern in China. This policy brief is part of the Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) project's Guangdong Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (GDC...
- Looking at OECD aid effectiveness and fragmentation
- Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2012
- This edition of OECD's annual Development Co-operation Report provides key statistics and analysis on the latest trends in international aid. It reports back on the Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness and also addresses fragme...
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