A Social Security Agreement between Australia and the Czech Republic was signed on 16 September 2009 and came into effect on 1 July 2011.

According to a recent official report from the People's Daily, at least 24 of the Chinese mainland's 31 provincial-level regions have abolished free medical care for civil servants who are now obliged to join the local contributory basic health insurance schemes, the most recent being Beijing as of 1 January 2012.

The Social Security Corporation (SSC) of Jordan introduced two new social security benefits: Unemployment and Maternity benefits.

The Social Security Office has increased and extended benefits to its insured members in four areas: illness, disability, maternity and family benefits.

The Senegalese compulsory health insurance system is based on social and occupational solidarity, organized through health insurance institutions (HII) in every company or group of companies; it has been experiencing structural problems for several years.