The Mexican Social Security Institute, as a part of the National Health System, endeavors to observe the social security principies, i.e.: universality, solidarity, integrity, equity and efficiency; assisting the beneficiaries with opportuneness, quality and kindness; assuming, since fifty three years ago, the responsibiiity of looking over the health of more than fifty per cent of the population...

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La importancia global del tema de la condición de la mujer y la urgente necesidad de eliminartodas las barreras que aún existen para su participación igualitaria, en el proceso social, económico, cultural y político de su país o su comunidad están fuera de toda discusión. Por ello, es innegable la validez de la existencia de los múltiples instrumentos internacionales en los que se ha reiterado el...

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This collection is a response to the growing need to reexamine the operations of social security institutions in the Caribbean and covers a number of the issues related to these social security challenges. The issues have been categorized underthe three subject areas of pensions, poverty and health with contributions being drawn from noted practitioners and researchers in the various areas....

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This monograph describes the health and social security situation in the United States.

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The study is the result of a comprehensive research effort initiated by the Interamerican Conference on Social Security (CISS). It represents an unenviable attempt to gather and put together information on the basic characteristics of Social Security Schemes (SSS) in the Caribbean. It follows upon a similar undertaking for the Latin American countries. The stages in the evolution of the...

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