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7/4/2017

Big pharma’s depressing pills

Today is World Health Day, an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO). This year’s theme, depression, is a pressing health issue worldwide and in the Netherlands. It is therefore important that medication meant for treating depression is safe. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Read more

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4/4/2017

Report on clinical trials in Egypt prompts legal case

The report – which revealed unethical practices in clinical trials in Egypt – was the reason why the pharmaceutical industry provided judicial guidance to a clinical trial participant to file a claim against our partner organization Public Eye in Switzerland. Read more

Blog

12/12/2016

Health should be affordable for all

‘Act with Ambition!’ is this year’s slogan for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. The aim of UHC is nothing short of ambitious: guaranteeing access to essential – and affordable – health services for all. Read more

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14/9/2016

WHO Euro: for sustainable health workforce

During the 66th meeting of the European member states of the World Health Organization in Copenhagen this week, Linda Mans of Wemos presented a statement about sustainable health workforce. Read more

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22/6/2016

Drug trials in Egypt: unethical and unsafe

Today, Wemos, SOMO and Déclaration de Berne jointly published the report‘Industry-sponsored clinical drug trials in Egypt: Ethical questions in a challenging context’. The report reveals that drug trials in Egypt. Read more

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19/5/2016

What we need is a global health strategy

In the report ‘Ready for Change? Global goals at home and abroad’, which has been published today, Wemos calls for a national Global Health Strategy. Read more

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4/1/2015

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