17/09/2023 02:47 PM

The ISSA Liaison Office for West Africa promotes regional social security cooperation and networking, and supports the ISSA by promoting the Association’s products and services, organizing events, and facilitating the exchange of good practices among social security institutions in the region.

15/09/2023 09:49 AM

Sustainable Development Goal 8 on Decent Work for All is the only SDG that brings together social, economic and environmental targets. It has an impact on all other Agenda 2030 goals. Ahead of the UN SDG Summit on 18-19 September, we ask what will it take to ensure it is achieved?

11/09/2023 02:21 PM

An estimated 13 million people live with vision impairment linked to their occupations, say the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

07/09/2023 09:51 AM

DATAPREV – Social Security Information and Technology Enterprise from Brazil has been awarded the Good Practice Award for the Americas 2023 for its “Emergency Aid” during the COVID-19 pandemic, which reached 118 million people.

05/09/2023 10:31 AM

The Bureau of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) has elected Isabelle Sancerni from France as the Association’s Vice-President for the period 2023–2025. It also established a working group to look at constitutional amendments to make the ISSA governance more resilient and efficient.

30/08/2023 10:28 AM

A sizeable portion of the work force in the Americas engages in the platform economy, whether as a main or supplementary source of income. This article presents reforms and developments in the region that already have had, or that may have, an impact on the employment status and social protection of platform workers.

25/08/2023 09:59 AM

The new GIDH initiative (pronounced “guide” for short) will operate as a WHO-managed network and platform to support the implementation of the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020–2025. WHO serves as the Secretariat for the strategy implementation to converge and convene global standards, best practices and resources to fast track digital health system transformation.

Liaison Office for West Africa

What will it take to ensure Decent work for all?

Keep an eye on your eye health at work

Good Practice Award for the Americas goes to Brazil

Bureau elects new ISSA Vice‑President

Platform workers and social security: Recent developments in the Americas

WHO: Digital Health is Discussed

[Infographic] Climate action is health protection