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3/2/2026

Our response to the coalition agreement: opportunities for global health

Last Friday, D66, CDA and VVD presented their coalition agreement. Wemos welcomes the fact that, after years of cutbacks, there will now be (modest) investment in international cooperation again. However, we would like to see more ambition for global health justice. Read more

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News

19/12/2025

Closed for Christmas

We will be enjoying the Christmas holidays from 24 December to 2 January. From 5 January onwards, we are back, fully committed to our misison to make health justice happen. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a healthy 2026! Read more

News

15/12/2025

Our highlights of 2025

At the end of the year, we always take a moment to reflect on our contribution to make health justice happen, in the Netherlands and worldwide. We have presented our highlights of 2025 in a new document. Have a look! Read more

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9/12/2025

Environmental challenges of digital technology and how to overcome them

Every day, we use digital technology in our work - which poses environmental challenges. To better understand those challenges and how to overcome them, the Wemos team attended a Digital Collage workshop. Read more

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8/12/2025

The new 2026-2030 GFF strategy: wins and missed opportunities

The Global Financing Facility (GFF) launched its new 2026-2030 strategy ‘Transform 2030: Transforming Health Systems, Saving Lives‘ during the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) High-Level Forum on December 6th in Tokyo. We notice that the GFF did take into account some of the points we raised during the process, but that some of the more structural asks are still only partially reflected. Read more

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2/12/2025

Opinion article: Tackle taxes and debt for global health (in Dutch)

In an opinion piece in De Volkskrant, Wemos' expert in health financing, Mariska Meurs explains why a fair international system of taxation and debt relief is in the interests of the health and safety of us all. Read more

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12/11/2025

Civil society collective statement on public services

Wemos supports a broad civil society statement that calls for action by international financial institutions and governments to restore and expand publicly financed, quality public service provision. Read more

News

28/10/2025

Open letter calling for pharmaceutical transparency

On October 28th, we handed over an open letter to the Dutch Ministry of Health calling for increased transparency in the pharmaceutical sector. The letter was signed by numerous experts and organizations, including the Dutch Patient Federation and Doctors Without Borders Netherlands. Read more

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News

15/10/2025

Political parties on access to medicines

Do you think it is important that the Dutch government ensures that medicines are affordable and available to everyone? On Wednesday 29 October 2025, elections will be held for the House of Representatives. In the run-up to the elections, we looked at the programmes of all the incumbent political parties. Here you can read what they say about medicines in their party programmes. Read more