News

Global health strategy/ mondiale gezondheidsstrategie

28/10/2022

Dutch global health strategy: positive start, but execution is key

After years of lobbying by Wemos and other civil society organisations, the Dutch government published the long-awaited Global Health Strategy on 21 October. Read more

Covid 19 health worker/ covid 19 zorgmedewerker

News

10/10/2022

Call on governments: focus Pandemic Accord on strengthening health systems

Wemos calls on all national governments to seize the establishment of the Pandemic Accord as an opportunity to strengthen health systems worldwide. Read more

Report

30/9/2022

More public spending will increase access to healthcare, austerity measures will not

Instead of reverting to austerity measures, governments should focus on alternative financing options to increase public finance ensuring universal and equitable access to quality healthcare. Read more

Report

21/9/2022

Report on health worker migration and mobility in Germany

Germany’s health workforce policy and cross-border recruitment of health workers have a significant influence on its surrounding countries. At the same time, the country struggles with a ruined nursing profession with deplorable working conditions and an ever-growing demand for the import of health workforce – particularly nurses – from abroad. Read more

Screenshot van AHEAD-webinar over zorgwoestijnen - Screen shot of recording of AHEAD webinar on medical deserts

Report

20/9/2022

AHEAD webinar on medical deserts

With partners we organised a webinar about the different manifestations of medical deserts in Italy, Moldova, the Netherlands, Romania and Serbia. Read more

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