Publications

Mozambique: a strong case for debt cancellation

Mozambique is grappling with a severe debt crisis that is hindering its development and limiting important investments in sectors like health and education – which are crucial for improving the lives of its population. This brief explores the root causes of high debt, the impact it has on people's lives, and presents debt cancellation as a compelling solution.

Fact sheet - 20/12/2024

The cost of austerity: The toll of IMF conditionalities on access to health in Zambia

This study assesses the impact of IMF loan conditionalities on access to health in Zambia. It reveals how imposed austerity measures have exacerbated economic inequalities and worsened access to healthcare for the population, especially affecting those already in vulnerable situations. This study was developed by Wemos under the Make Way programme.

Report - 18/11/2024

The future of health in Mozambique: Collaborative efforts for sustainable financing

This policy brief explains how collaboration among global actors and Mozambique’s government is key to mobilizing more resources for health. It offers practical recommendations, with steps to build a health system that serves all. Developed with N'weti, as part of the project ‘Equitable health financing for a strong health system in Mozambique’, funded by Sint Antonius Foundation Projects (SAS-P).

Report - 17/10/2024

SWOT Analysis – Health financing strategy in Mozambique: Comments on the Ministry of Health’s draft proposal

Report - 22/8/2024

Towards Mapping the Fiscal Space: Health Sector Financing Strategy in Mozambique

This policy note analysis the fiscal space in Mozambique to offer concrete measures to increase domestic resources for public health in the country, ensuring that health services become more accessible and affordable for all. It was jointly developed with N'weti, as part of the project ‘Equitable health financing for a strong health system in Mozambique’, funded by Sint Antonius Foundation Project (SAS-P).

Report - 22/8/2024

Year overview 2023, incl. annual financial report

The Wemos year overview of 2023, including the annual financial report

Report - 25/6/2024

Webinar ‘BioNTech Africa: in the region, but also for and by the region?’

Video of the webinar in which public health experts and policymakers from both the Global South and North responded to the findings of our case study of the BioNTech mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Rwanda.

Video - 12/6/2024

BioNTech Africa: in the region, but also for and by the region?

A case study of the BioNTech mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Rwanda, conducted by Afya na Haki (Uganda), Great Lakes Initiative for Human Rights and Development (GLIHD, Rwanda), Health Development Initiative (HDI, Rwanda) and Wemos. It includes our recommendations for sustainable regional production of health products.

Report - 11/6/2024

Wemos statement in Bundestag: why it is important to attach conditions to investments in regional production of health products

Our statement at the meeting of the subcommittee on Global Health in the German parliament (Bundestag). We explained why it is important to attach conditions to investments in the regional production of health products.

Article - 10/6/2024

Reflection on debate Dutch global health strategy (in Dutch)

Reflection by Wemos on the debate of the Dutch House of Representatives' Committee on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation on the Dutch global health strategy on April 4, 2024.

Article - 4/4/2024

Opinion: It is essential that the Netherlands keeps investing in global health (Dutch)

In this opinion article, Wemos director Mariëlle Bemelmans explains why and how the Netherlands should keep investing in global health, for us and the rest of the world.

Article - de Volkskrant - 3/4/2024

White paper on how to solve Europe’s health workforce crisis

In this white paper, the Pillars of Health coalition – with Wemos as lead organization – calls on all EU Member States to move away from international competition for health workers, and instead take united action to enable health workers across Europe to deliver high-quality healthcare to EU citizens.

Report - 25/3/2024

Infographic: guiding questions to better understand health worker migration in Europe

This infographic shows a set of guiding questions for researchers and policymakers, to better understand the underlying factors of health worker migration in Europe and ultimately steer health workforce policy and improve access to healthcare.

Infographic - 14/3/2024

Infographic: supporting access to healthcare in Europe by knowing where health workers are going

In this infographic, we recommend how the European Commission can improve health worker mobility data, to understand where Europe’s health workers are going. This can support governments with steering health workforce policies, to retain their health workers and ultimately improve access to healthcare for Europe’s citizens.

Infographic - 20/12/2023

Making the Global Financing Facility more effective and equitable in Ethiopia (policy brief)

Policy brief by CORHA and Wemos with recommendations on how to make the Global Financing Facility (GFF)'s investment in Ethiopia more effective towards a strong health system and health equity.

Report - 18/12/2023

Infographic: how to ensure fair prices for medicines (in Dutch)

Why don't we pay a fair price for medicines? And most importantly, how can we change that? In a new (Dutch) infographic, we answer these questions. It shows what is currently going wrong and what the solutions are.

Infographic - 12/12/2023

Report highlights side event World Local Production Forum 2023

Report with the highlights of our side event 'Satellite sites for regional production: the way to health equity?' on 6 November 2023 at the World Local Production Forum.

Report - 29/11/2023

The Pandemic Accord Needs Clear Commitments on Adequate & Fair Financing for Prevention Preparedness and Response

Guest essay in the Geneva Health Files by Simon Reid-Henry (Public Interest and Peace Research Institute Oslo), Koen Scholten (Wemos) and Khalil Elouardighi (Equal International), raising critical questions on resources, alignment, representation, and governance for effective financing for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.

Article - Geneva Health Files - 8/11/2023

Ensuring Global Health Equity in a Post-pandemic Economy: Words Count!

Comment on Labonté's article 'Ensuring Global Health Equity in a Post-pandemic Economy', about the importance of framing and hope-based communication to mobilize support for global health equity. By Mariska Meurs, Myria Koutsoumpa and Valeria Huisman.

Article - International Journal of Health Policy and Management - 24/7/2023

National policy dialogue brief for the Netherlands – AHEAD

This policy brief includes the recommended policy options that resulted from the participatory consensus building sessions about solutions for medical deserts in the Netherlands.

Report - 12/7/2023

End of project booklet of the project Action for Health and Equity – Addressing medical Deserts (AHEAD)

In this end of project booklet for our project Action for Health and Equity - Addressing medical Deserts (AHEAD), we summarize the main activities, results and recommendations of the 2-year partnership.

Report - 12/7/2023

Katjing Farma: campaign video for fair medicine prices

Video of Dutch presenter and comedian Roel Maalderink for our Dutch campaign for fairly priced medicines, with English subtitles.

Video - 5/7/2023

Together for stronger health systems (policy brief)

Joint policy brief by Cordaid, N'weti and Wemos analyzing the collaborative strategies of Global Fund, Gavi and GFF in DR Congo, Mozambique and Rwanda.

Report - 26/6/2023

Wemos strategy 2023-2027

In this document we present our ambitions and focus for the coming five years.

Report - 22/6/2023

Handle with care: why the Netherlands must be cautious about recruiting migrant health workers

Position paper on the international recruitment of health workers for the Netherlands.

Report - 21/6/2023

Year overview 2022, incl. annual financial report

The Wemos year overview of 2022, including the annual financial report

Report - 19/6/2023

Reaction to the actionplan and annual report on policy coherence 2022-2023 (in Dutch)

Reaction to the actionplan and annual report on policy coherence 2022-2023. Publication by Building Change - an initiative of Partos, Foundation Max van der Stoel and Stichting Woord en Daad - with contributions from CARE Nederland, ActionAid, Women Engage for a Common Future, Simavi, Tax Justice NL, the Dutch Global Health Alliance, CNV Internationaal and Wemos.

Report - 16/6/2023

Investing in global health (in Dutch)

Infographic showing that the Dutch investments in global health between 2018-2023 was below the target of 1% of GNI.

Infographic - 14/6/2023

Eyes on the prize: regional production of medicines to achieve health equity, sovereignty and self-reliance (position paper)

Health equity and countries' sovereignty and self-reliance must be and remain the core objectives when strengthening regional production of medicines and other health technologies.

Report - 16/5/2023

Call to action: let’s go AHEAD and tackle medical deserts!

In this call to action document for the AHEAD project, we summarize the EU level recommendations to tackle medical deserts in Europe.

Report - 12/5/2023

Textual suggestions on the zero-draft of the Pandemic Accord

In this publication, we provide suggestions for textual amendments of the zero-draft to inform WHO Member States on what provisions the accord needs to be effective and equitable.

Article - 11/4/2023

Action Brief 3: Enhancing domestic and international financing for investments in the health and care workforce

Action brief with priority actions for civil society to advocate for increased investment in the health and care workforce. Prepared for the WHO Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health 2023.

Article - 5/4/2023

Highlights overview of cross-country analysis of health worker mobility across the European Union and neighbouring countries

Highlights report about our cross-country analysis of health worker mobility data within the EU and neighbouring countries (2010 – 2022).

Report - Pillars of Health - 9/3/2023

Cross-country analysis of health worker mobility across the European Union and neighbouring countries (2010 – 2022)

Report about our cross-country analysis of health worker mobility data within the EU and neighbouring countries, and recommendations for improving data availability and collection to inform health workforce policy.

Report - Pillars of Health - 9/3/2023

Country report on health worker migration and mobility in France

Report about health workers and the health system in France, and recommendations for improving the system and health worker availability in France.

Report - Pillars of Health - 8/3/2023

AHEAD webinar: Participatory consensus building for collaboration on tackling medical deserts

Webinar on AHEAD's participatory consensus-building methodology.

Video - 27/1/2023

Sustainable finance for health systems

In this video we explain why national and global actors should invest more and better in resilient health systems around the world. Strong health systems also help us to realize our sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Video - 25/1/2023

The Africa Medical Equipment Facility in Kenya

Does this new blended finance facility contribute to equitable access to healthcare services?

Report - 20/12/2022

History RePPPeated II – summary

Why Public-Private Partnerships are not the solution

Report - Eurodad - 9/12/2022

History RePPPeated II

Why Public-Private Partnerships are not the solution

Report - Eurodad - 9/12/2022

The role of global health initiatives in health systems strengthening in Rwanda

Policy brief on the alignment of the Global Fund, Gavi and Global Financing Facility with Rwanda’s health priorities.

Report - 22/11/2022

Financial Justice for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response

The relationship between the international financial architecture and health financing models. With contributions by Wemos.

Report - Geneva Global Health Hub - 22/11/2022

Country report on health worker migration and mobility in Serbia

Report about health worker migration and mobility in Serbia, and recommendations for improving health worker migration management in the country.

Report - 22/11/2022

Make pooling work to end pandemics

A qualitative analysis of the Covid-19 Technology Access Pool.

Report - 9/11/2022

Call for a meaningful Pandemic Accord

How the Pandemic Accord can and must strengthen health systems worldwide for greater resilience against pandemics.

Article - 10/10/2022

The End Austerity report

A Global Report on Budget Cuts and Harmful Social Reforms in 2022-25. With contributions by Wemos.

Report - 30/9/2022

Participatory consensus building methodology

This presentation outlines our participatory consensus building methodology for the AHEAD project, developed by our partner VU Athena Institute. This methodology explains how to develop truly locally-owned policy options for tackling medical deserts.

Report - 19/9/2022

Country report on health worker migration and mobility in Germany

Report about health workers in Germany, the recruitment of foreign health workers and their migration patterns and our recommendations for improving the German care crisis.

Report - Pillars of Health - 19/9/2022

EU level research brief – AHEAD

This research document, as part of the AHEAD project, includes literature review of medical deserts in the EU and neighbouring countries and an overview of EU-funded programmes and instruments for medical deserts.

Report - 17/9/2022

Year overview 2021, incl. annual financial report

The Wemos year overview of 2021, including the annual financial report

Report - 10/6/2022

Advocacy on monetary policies for economic justice

A handbook for civil society Wemos developed with partners.

Report - 19/5/2022

Country report on health worker migration and mobility in Romania

Report about health workers in Romania and their migration flows, and recommendations for improving health worker availability in Romania.

Report - Pillars of Health - 19/4/2022

Improving healthcare, but for whom?

Inventory study on the International Finance Corporation’s investments in healthcare

Report - 12/4/2022

Policy Brief to the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) on a Dutch Global Health Strategy

By the Dutch Global Health Alliance

Article - 3/12/2021

Health security and equity: a public priority

Position paper on the IDA20 policy framework from a health perspective

Report - 28/9/2021

Connecting voices

Interactive story about creating space for civil society engagement in the Global Financing Facility

Infographic - 5/9/2021

The progress of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Uganda

Tracking the progress and implications of the Global Financing Facility (in this case results - based financing) in the healthcare sector in Uganda. By CEHURD, Uganda Debt Network and Wemos

Report - 9/7/2021

Year overview 2020

The Wemos year overview of 2020 - interactive version

Report - 10/6/2021

Year overview 2020 incl. annual financial report

The Wemos year overview of 2020, including the annual financial report

Report - 5/6/2021

Make pooling work for Covid-19 vaccines

Explainer video on the importance of sharing intellectual property, knowledge and data for scaling up production of Covid-19 vaccines.

Video - 25/3/2021

Risky business

Position paper on the promotion of Public-Private Partnerships in healthcare

Report - 24/3/2021

Strengthening health systems strengthening (report)

An analysis of coordination among the Global Fund, the Global Financing Facility and Gavi by Cordaid and Wemos

Report - 20/3/2021

Strengthening health systems strengthening (policy brief)

An analysis of coordination among the Global Fund, the Global Financing Facility and Gavi by Cordaid and Wemos

Report - 20/3/2021

Briefing note on the link between Covid-19, SRHR, health systems and global health

In this briefing note, we outline the link between the Covid-19 pandemic, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), health systems, and global health and provide some considerations for action.

Article - 21/2/2021

Dutch Aid & Trade in health

Summary brief based on two discussion papers

Fact sheet - 30/1/2021

Stepping up for global health

Promoting a rights-based and gender-inclusive approach to UHC in Dutch Development Cooperation. By various Dutch civil society organisations.

Article - 29/1/2021

The Global Financing Facility in Uganda

2020 update of an earlier factsheet with CEHURD

Fact sheet - 21/12/2020

Policy brief ‘Global Skills Partnerships on Migration’

By Remco van de Pas and Corinne Hinlopen

Report - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - 21/11/2020

Why strong health systems matter

On the link between health systems and sexual and reproductive health and rights. By the Health Systems Advocacy Partnership.

Video - 23/10/2020

Accountability at the EMA

4-pager about accountability and risk of bias in pre-submission activities at the EMA

Article - 14/10/2020

Profiting from a pandemic

How Covid-19 test kit producer Qiagen receives public money but avoids taxes. By SOMO in collaboration with Wemos.

Report - SOMO - 7/10/2020

In the interest of health for all?

Discussion paper on the Dutch ‘Aid & Trade’ agenda as pursued in the African healthcare context

Report - 7/10/2020

Second review of the relevance and effectiveness of the Code (2019/2020)

Review of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel

Fact sheet - 7/9/2020

Accountability of the EMA in marketing authorisation of new medicines

Qualitative and literature analysis of accountability within the European medicine evaluation. Internship report.

Report - Vrije universiteit Amsterdam - 10/8/2020

Watch the GAP!

A critical civil society perspective on the development, potential impact and implementation of the ‘Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-Being for All’

Report - The Kampala Initiative - 7/7/2020

L’heure du renouvellement (factsheet in French)

A-t-elle sonné pour les fonds fiduciaires de la banque mondiale et le mécanisme de financement mondial – GFF

Fact sheet - 25/6/2020

World Bank Trust Funds and the case of the Global Financing Facility: time for a refresh?

Is the Global Financing Facility fit-for-purpose or would it benefit from a change towards a Financial Intermediary Fund?

Fact sheet - 20/6/2020

Covid-19, SRHR and health systems

Position paper about the impact of Covid-19 on SRHR and health systems - with CEHURD, KELIN and N'weti

Report - 16/6/2020

Covid-19, SSR&D e sistemas de saúde (in Portuguese)

Position paper about the impact of Covid-19 on SRHR and health systems - with CEHURD, KELIN and N'weti

Report - 15/6/2020

Year overview 2019

The Wemos year overview of 2019

Report - 20/5/2020

Annual report 2019

The Wemos annual financial report of 2019

Report - 10/5/2020

Governance of the GFF: A case for advocacy?

Webinar on GFF’s governance set-up and its current reform by Walter Flores (Center for the Study of Equity and Governance Health Systems, Guatemala), Pauline Irungu (PATH and GFF Investors Group) and Lisa Seidelmann (Wemos).

Video - 7/4/2020