News

6/5/2021

Waiver patent protections is an important step in the right direction

Wemos warmly welcomes the US government’s proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for a temporary waiver of patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines. It is now up to the Netherlands and the European Union (EU) to follow suit. Read more

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News

8/4/2021

Webinar and report: how do the Global Fund, GFF and Gavi coordinate their efforts to strengthen health systems?

During a joint interactive webinar on 19 April, Wemos and Cordaid – as part of the Dutch Global Health Alliance – will share our joint report’s main findings and recommendations on health systems strengthening coordination among the 3Gs. Read more

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News

7/4/2021

New Wemos-led project: Action for health and equity addressing medical deserts

Today – on World Health Day and during World Health Worker Week – the Wemos-led European project AHEAD, or ‘Action for Health and Equity Addressing medical Deserts’, officially kicks off. Read more

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2/4/2021

Public-private partnerships in healthcare fail the poor: go public!

On March 24th, as part of the Civil Society Policy Forum ahead of the upcoming IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings (5-11 April 2021), Wemos co-organised the interactive session ‘Universal access to healthcare: lessons learned from Public-Private Partnerships’. Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health) was among the speakers who voiced their concerns about healthcare Public Private Partnerships to the World Bank. Read more

News

1/4/2021

Wemos welcomes three new supervisory board members

Wemos is pleased to welcome three new members to our Supervisory Board: Ingrid van de Stadt, Ruud van den Hurk and Thomas van den Akker. With their professional expertise, relevant networks and experience, they will actively contribute to our organisation’s course and further strengthen our position and (global) ambitions. The three new members will join our supervisory board as of April 2021. Read more

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25/3/2021

Make pooling of patents and knowledge work to end the pandemic

To end the corona pandemic as quickly as possible, we need to maximize the production of Covid-19 vaccines. The few pharmaceutical companies that currently produce safe and effective vaccines, should share their patent rights and knowledge, so other manufacturers can produce vaccines as well. Governments and pharmaceutical companies around the world: make pooling work! Read more

Report

24/3/2021

Let’s strengthen public financing and avoid the risky business of public-private partnerships

Global actors such as the World Bank Group should focus on strengthening public health financing, and refrain from promoting Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) with commercial companies in healthcare because of associated risks, such as worsening existing inequalities. This is our request in our co-signed open letter (with nearly 100 signatories) to the World Bank Group. Read more

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News

12/3/2021

Election countdown: ‘building back better’ with a global health strategy

Countries can effectively combat pandemics such as the current Covid-19 pandemic by making long-term investments in structural improvements in global health. This means that governments and their ministries must pursue policy coherence and reinforce each other’s programmes. As the 2021 Dutch general election is approaching, Wemos is advocating – with fellow members of the Dutch Global Health Alliance – a Global Health strategy. Read more

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4/3/2021

Webinar ‘Public-private partnerships and commercialisation in healthcare: donors, profit and people’

Country experience shows that Public-Private Partnerships in healthcare (involving commercial actors) bear high costs and can hinder rather than help progress towards universal access to healthcare, and fail to reach the most vulnerable. Yet, global actors are increasingly promoting such partnerships in low- and middle-income countries – a cause of concern for civil society. Read more