News

10/6/2024

Our year overview 2023 is out!

Our year overview 2023 is now out. With this publication, we are proud to show how we worked on our ambitions to achieve global health justice last year. Read more

News

7/6/2024

Sharing insights on international health worker recruitment at World Health Assembly

On 30 May, Wemos and civil society partners held a policy debate on the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva. Read more

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Blog

24/5/2024

Advocacy and solidarity: insights from the People’s Health Assembly

Global health advocate Marco Angelo shares his experience at the People’s Health Assembly 2024, where Wemos and partners hosted two sessions on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and financing for health. Read more

News

22/5/2024

Monopoly, the Medicine Edition presented to Dutch MPs

On May 14, Wemos presented the game Monopoly, the Medicine Edition, to MPs from the Committee for Public Health, Welfare and Sport in the Dutch parliament. The presentation is part of a campaign in which we call on the Dutch government to ensure fair medicine prices. Read more

News

17/5/2024

Five priorities for the Pact for the Future

Wemos and Make Way partners and allies organized a pre-conference workshop day at the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference. The workshop's outcome is a list of five priorities for a feminist, inclusive and actionable Pact for the Future. Read more about our priorities. Read more

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Blog

17/5/2024

Questions and answers around the pandemic accord and the International Health Regulations

There are many misconceptions about international health treaties that are currently being discussed. We answer seven questions about the pandemic treaty and the revision of the international health regulations. Read more

News

16/5/2024

New government agreement: budget cuts threaten global health

After months of negotiations, PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB presented their government agreement. Wemos is shocked and deeply concerned about the planned cuts in development cooperation. This will harm the positive impact of the Dutch investments in international development in recent years. We therefore call on the new coalition to reverse the planned cuts. Read more

Video

15/5/2024

Webinar recording: civil society and 5th reporting round WHO Code of Practice

On 15 May, the Medicus Mundi International Network (MMI), Public Services International (PSI) and Wemos held a webinar on why and how civil society organizations can contribute to the 5th reporting round on progress of the implementation of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. The recording is now available on our YouTube channel. Read more

News

8/5/2024

Pandemic Accord in its final stage: a basis for further discussions

According to Wemos, the latest draft of the Pandemic Accord published in April 2024, could provide a solid basis for further discussions and agreements towards an equitable and effective approach to pandemics. During the final negotiations, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) must maintain progress on equity. Read more