News

3/7/2020

Royal distinction for Wemos founder Wilbert Bannenberg

Wemos’ co-founder Wilbert Bannenberg has officially received his royal distinction from the mayor of Bergeijk today. In April, during the annual royal honour day, Wilbert was awarded the Dutch royal honour title of ‘Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau’ for his lifetime work on access to medicines. Read more

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News

1/7/2020

Kick-off webinar of the Dutch Global Health Alliance: local data, local decisions

On July 2nd, the Dutch Global Health Alliance – a partnership of Amref Flying Doctors, Cordaid, KIT Royal Tropical Institute, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, and Wemos – will host its first webinar about the importance of collecting and using subnational health data for decision-making in low- and middle-income countries. Read more

Blog

1/7/2020

The warm heart of Africa

Looking down from the plane, I see a vast green landscape. A house here and there, and beautiful mountains in the background. It is my first glance of “the warm heart of Africa” as Malawi is affectionately called. Read more

News

30/6/2020

Is it time for a refresh of the Global Financing Facility?

Wemos critically follows the developments and outcomes of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition. It is currently under the process of a ‘strategy refresh’, planned to be launched around September 2020. Read more

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17/6/2020

Webinar: Covid-19 & the future of pharmaceuticals

Challenges around accessible and affordable medicines have become even more pressing in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic. How can we ensure that publicly funded pharmaceuticals are accessible to patients in Europe and the rest of the world? Read more

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News

9/6/2020

Invest in health systems strengthening to effectively respond to Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly exposed the cracks in health systems worldwide – but particularly in low-income countries, e.g. in African countries. Our partner organisations in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda shared their concerns about developments on national level, such as the lack of information on COVID-19, health workforce shortages, and disruption of key essential and emergency services including for sexual and reproductive health. Read more

News

29/5/2020

Wemos and partners selected for new partnership on intersectionality and SRHR

We are proud and thankful that today, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced to have selected Wemos and partners to work together in a new strategic partnership. Read more

News

28/5/2020

2019: our eventful year in review!

We are proud to present Wemos’ year overview 2019. As last year also marked our 40th anniversary, it was a special year that gave us the opportunity to look back on our history, and see how far we’ve come as an organisation. Want to find out about our programmes’ achievements, many media appearances, new collaborations and how we celebrated our 40th birthday? Head on over to our new interactive document! Read more

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News

24/4/2020

Call by 143 organisations: support health worker recruitment in poor countries to fight Covid-19

Together with 143 civil society organisations, we call on the major funders in global health to prioritise international funding that supports recruitment of health workers in resource limited contexts. In a letter, we ask the funders to commit and contribute to pooled and adequate funding for long-term investments in the health workforce. Read more