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New website with initiatives for access to medical products against
WEBWemos has launched covid19response.org, a website that provides an up-to-date overview of international initiatives by public institutions to enhance access to medical products against Covid-19, such as vaccines, medicines and diagnostics. It presents their characteristics and reviews their potential to contribute to an equitable and effective …
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Reflections on the new UN political declarations on health
WEBIn 2023, UN member states worked on crafting three political declarations on health: one on UHC, another on PPPR, and a third on TB. After some months of preparation, including informal consultations among countries and a formal resolution in the World Health Assembly, the UN published the first draft – the so-called ‘zero draft’ – of …
Zero-draft pandemic accord: promising for access to medicines
WEBWemos has a mixed assessment of the zero-draft of the Pandemic Accord, which aims to improve the global pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.The text contains important elements for achieving global, equitable access to medical products, including attaching conditions to public funding and ways to overcome intellectual …
The risks of blended finance in healthcare: how to ensure access …
WEBIn recent years, there has been increased interest in the use of blended finance to improve access to healthcare. Blended finance is a financial approach that combines public development funds with private investments to raise more funds for sustainable development programmes.
Thomas van der Akker
WEBSince then he has been involved as a researcher and (co)promotor in reproductive health care projects in many different countries, especially in southern Africa. His area of focus within our supervisory board is global health. Thomas van der Akker is professor of global maternal health, Vrije Universiteit and member of Wemos' supervisory board.
Negotiating text of the Pandemic Accord: promising for access to
WEBOn 30 th October 2023, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), responsible for drafting and negotiating a WHO Pandemic Accord, released the latest proposal for the negotiating text.Wemos has a mixed assessment regarding health workforce, access to medicines and financing. In this article, we outline our …
Vision, mission and strategy
WEBOur strategy for 2023-2027. You find previous strategy documents on this page. Read more about how we work. (Required) Wemos envisions a world where we can all live as healthy as possible. We advocate structural change to realise global health justice.
WHO Europe conference on primary health care: strong health …
WEB73rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe. As a non-State actor in official relations with the WHO, Wemos will also attend the 73rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe in Astana. Together with six other non-State actors, we drafted a joint statement on the WHO European framework for action on the health …
Challenging the World Bank’s privatization model for health systems
WEBDuring the World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings in Marrakesh, in the midst of discussions on the World Bank’s reform and the appointment of the new World Bank president, we created a moment of critical thinking about the model of health system development that the World Bank should pursue.
Video: European health workforce crisis is a shared responsibility
WEBIn our new video, we call on European policymakers to approach the European health workforce crisis as a joint concern and shared responsibility, and to support its Member States in tackling the health workforce crisis. In addition, the European Union can contribute to a sustainable solution by supporting its Member States by: …
Global skills partnerships on migration: challenges and risks for the
WEBGlobal Skills Partnerships (GSPs) can contribute to strengthen the global health workforce by funding training for health workers across the globe, and preparing them for the labour markets of all participating countries. Numerous skills partnerships have already shown beneficial effects in countries of origin, countries of destination as well
Recording webinar on regional production for equitable access to
WEBThe recording of this webinar is now available on our YouTube channel. Speakers: The webinar was moderated by Ella Weggen, Senior Global Health Advocate at Wemos. Please also read our position paper: ‘Eyes on the prize: regional production of medicines to achieve health equity, sovereignty and self-reliance’.
Unethical clinical trials in Africa
WEB4/7/2017 - News. Clinical trials in Africa are not always conducted according to leading ethical guidelines. This puts clinical trial participants at risk of being physically harmed or having their rights violated. This is the main message of the report that Wemos has published today. Wemos therefore urges the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to
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