News

19/2/2021

The medicines debate in de Balie

How can we keep medicines accessible and affordable for everyone in the Netherlands and the rest of the world? Now that the Netherlands has made a remarkably slow start with its Covid-19 vaccination campaign, the topic of access to medicines is again high on the (political) agenda. Read more

Covid-19 testing madagascar. Arts covid-19 madagascar

News

17/2/2021

The pandemic and the strong government’s comeback

Over the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has confronted countries all over the world with their health systems problems, which are largely caused by decentralised governments, austerity measures and the introduction of market forces in health care. But the crisis therefore offers opportunities for a comeback of the concept of a strong government with a guiding role. Read more

The-big-foreign policy debate / Het-Grote-Buitenland-Debat

News

16/2/2021

The great foreign policy debate

Corona has shown that global health has a major impact on the rest of the world. In the run-up to the elections, various politicians will discuss the future role of the Netherlands in the world during the Great Foreign Policy Debate. Read more

News

4/2/2021

Global vaccine scarcity unnecessary if pharma shares knowledge

54 civil society organisations are calling upon the Dutch government to ensure that pharmaceutical companies share their knowledge of vaccine development with other companies in an existing pool of the World Health Organization (WHO). Read more

News

21/1/2021

Why the Netherlands must invest more in development cooperation and global health

In a petition, Dutch organisations, including Wemos, call on the Dutch government to increase their investments in development cooperation and global health during the next government term (2021-2025). Read more

Cover-Wemos-Highlights / Wemos- hoogtepunten

Report

6/1/2021

Our highlights of 2020

In 2020, we advocated the sharing of knowledge on Covid-19 vaccines, raised awareness on the risks of commerce in health, developed a new programme on health worker mobility in Europe, and much more. Read more

Blog

21/12/2020

UHC: time for really ‘innovative’ health financing!

This blog was first published on the Health Financing for Africa platform. Ten years after the WHO’s report on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), most African low- and lower-middle income countries are not able to raise enough resources to achieve UHC. And however important, domestic efforts for resource mobilisation alone will not be enough to bring us there. The world has a collective responsibility to address tax injustices and high indebtedness, which have a huge potential to free resources for health. Read more

3-kids-face-mask-Uganda/ 3 kinderen met mondmasker in Uganda

News

21/12/2020

The Global Financing Facility in Uganda through a pandemic lens

The COVID-19 pandemic has redirected the world’s attention to the importance of strong public health systems. Uganda, one of the Global Financing Facility’s (GFF) country cases, was also impacted by the virus outbreak. Read more

News

16/12/2020

Global skills partnerships on migration: challenges and risks for the health sector

Health worker migration and mobility is more and more often facilitated by bilateral (country-to-country) agreements, involving public as well as private players. Read more