News

3/4/2018

Freudenberg on corporate power’s effects on health

On Wednesday April 25th, Professor Nicholas Freudenberg – author of ‘Lethal but Legal’ – will speak about corporate power and its detrimental effect on public health at an event in De Balie in Amsterdam. Both Wemos and the International Society of Drug Bulletins (ISDB) are organizers of the event. Read more

Blog

8/3/2018

24/7

Imagine working at a health clinic for a week on the run. Imagine finding out that your only colleague has left and will not be replaced. Imagine, then, having to rely on your mobile telephone for light while attending a mother giving birth. Read more

Blog

1/3/2018

Baby Teddy

Sometimes evidence is simply there without you knowing. I had come to Malawi to talk with people about the shortcomings of the country’s health system. Read more

News

23/2/2018

Adolescents want to be taken seriously in sexual and reproductive health care

Sexual health is still taboo in many African countries. So how can we transform health care in such a way that adolescents can benefit from this care as best as possible? Read more

Blog

22/2/2018

A global gathering for UHC

In December 2017, the Global Forum for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) took place in Tokyo. Global health advocate Barbara Fienieg represented Wemos at the conference. We asked her about her impressions. Read more

Truck driving/ Vrchtwagen aan het rijden

Blog

12/2/2018

Reaching parts that other can’t?

There is uproar in global health circles. The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Dutch beer brewer HEINEKEN have entered into a partnership Read more

News

19/1/2018

Ema and big pharma: conflict of interests or not?

Can the European Medicines Agency (EMA) be truly independent, if it also is in close contact with the pharmaceutical industry? Read more

Blog

17/1/2018

‘Recruiting health workers from Africa? Just plain unacceptable.’

Last week, Wemos’ global health advocate Linda Mans shared her knowledge of the migration and mobility of health workers with global health students during two workshops at the University of Groningen. Read more

News

12/1/2018

No ban on BPA in food contact materials

There will be no European ban on the endocrine-disrupting chemical Bisphenol A (BPA). The European Parliament has voted that BPA will remain in food contact materials. Wemos regrets that European citizens will therefore remain exposed to this harmful substance. Read more