News

19/9/2022

Our input for global health strategies Netherlands and EU

The Netherlands and the European Union are both developing a global health strategy. Such a strategy describes the goals, direction and concrete activities in the field of global health in the coming years. Read more

Doing what the Netherlands is good at/ Doen waar Nederland goed in is

News

14/7/2022

The new foreign trade and development cooperation policy document

The new policy paper of Minister Schreinemacher of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, “Doen waar Nederland goed in is” (“Doing what the Netherlands is good at”), is very much focused on Dutch business interests and seems to have insufficient attention for realising access to health care for poorer population groups. Read more

Group-of-doctors-in-hallway by Luis Mendelez via Unsplash

News

7/7/2022

What are best practices to address brain drain of health workers?

What are best (regional) practices when it comes to addressing brain drain – i.e. the emigration of skilled workers, including health workers – and what action is needed on EU level? With this open consultation, the European Commission is interested in feedback on the scale and dynamics of brain drain. Read more

Video

24/6/2022

Wemos’ video nominated for the hoogvlieger award 2022

We are honored and proud that our video ‘Make pooling work for Covid-19 vaccines’ has been nominated for the Hoogvlieger Award 2022 (High Flyer Award) by the Expertise Centre for Humanitarian Communication! Read more

News

10/6/2022

It’s here: our year overview 2021!

Last year, we managed to seize opportunities for global health, pushing for structural change for a more equitable and inclusive global health architecture. Read more

Blog

1/6/2022

Three ways to achieve sustainable financing for social health protection

At the ‘International conference on social health protection’ in Niamey, Niger (10-13 May), we shared our thoughts on sustainable financing for health and social protection with representatives from ten African countries, bi- and multilateral institutions, academic institutions and civil society actors. Read more

Video

26/5/2022

Watch the recording of the launch of Pillars of Health

On May 20th, Wemos and partner organisations launched the Pillars of Health coalition and website. It was an engaging and dynamic session, during which – together with panelists – we discussed the maldistribution of health workers in the European Union and neighbouring countries. Read more

Event

25/5/2022

Recording virtual event ‘Taking stock of C-TAP’

On 18 May 2022, the Covid-19 Innovations for All (CIFA) consortium organised a World Health Assembly virtual side event on the lessons learnt from the Covid-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP). The recording of the event is now available. Read more

Handbook on monetary policies. Handboek van monetair beleid.

Report

19/5/2022

Launch of handbook on monetary policies for economic justice

On Monday 23 May we will launch the handbook on monetary policy that we developed with partners. It explains monetary policy to non-economists: how it interacts with fiscal policies; how mainstream economic thinking has influenced monetary policy making over the last decades. Read more