News

13/6/2018

Eyes wide open: where are health workers going?

Mobility is an opportunity for health workers who do not find a job in their home country. But their emigration has potentially devastating consequences for countries where the health system is already weak. Read more

Blog

1/6/2018

The future of global health, then and now

Last week, the 71st edition of the World Health Assembly and pre-meetings of civil society discussed topics of this very moment such as health and environment, or the root causes of health inequity. Read more

Blog

14/5/2018

Towards enlarged global health thinking

At the launch of the fifth Global Health Watch in Brussels a short time ago, planetary health and justice was very much in my thoughts. This is where health meets ecology. Read more

Blog

9/5/2018

Lethal but legal: how corporations influence public health

How can we protect ourselves against the powerful lobby of corporations that threatens our health? Wemos invited Professor Nicholas Freudenberg to come to Europe to speak in the European Parliament, at the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, and in De Balie. Read more

News

4/5/2018

Midwives are the face of the hospital

This Saturday, 5 May, is the International Day of the Midwife. Dr. Ann Phoya, President of the Association of Malawian Midwives is visiting the Netherlands this week. She talked with us about the most urgent issues concerning midwives in Malawi. Read more

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26/4/2018

Make health great again and the elephant in the room

With the slogan ‘Make Health Great Again’, the European Health Parliament (EHP) gathered this week to discuss health workforce planning in the European Union. Wemos was present at EHP’s closing session. Read more

News

10/4/2018

Employers and employees in health care: we too advocate fair health worker policy

Wemos is pleased with the 10-year anniversary of the EPSU-HOSPEEM Code of Conduct on Ethical Cross-Border Recruitment and Retention. Another reason to celebrate health, one day after World Health Day. Read more

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