Newsletter December 2023

➔ Highlights 2023

➔ Infographic: how to ensure fair prices for medicines

➔ Making the GFF more effective in Ethiopia

➔ There's #NoExcuse not to invest in health systems
➔ Our side event at the World Local Production Forum

➔ Critical thinking at the World Bank Annual Meetings

➔ Special mention at Humanitarian Communication Awards 2023

➔ Together we can make health justice happen!

Happy holidays!

We wish everyone a healthy New Year! Let’s continue to make health justice happen. Happy holidays!

Highlights 2023

As we are approaching the end of the year, we look back at our steps to make health justice happen in 2023. With our team and partners around the world, we have contributed to structural change by addressing the root causes of health inequity, presenting solutions and calling for action. We present some of our 2023 successes in an interactive document on our website. Please, have a look!

Highlights 2023

Infographic: how to ensure fair prices for medicines

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. The infographic is part of our Dutch campaign ‘Health over money: medicines for all’.

Making the GFF more effective in Ethiopia

Wemos and CORHA published a policy brief 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. It is the outcome of a country-case study assessing the impacts of the GFF in Ethiopia. By spotlighting these recommendations, the brief also provides insights for other contexts where the GFF invests in healthcare systems.

There's #NoExcuse not to invest in health systems

In 2021, around 45,000 women and girls worldwide were killed by their intimate partners or other family members. This means that, on average, more than five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family. As part of the global campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence, Jennifer Bushee, programme coordinator of the Make Way programme, wrote an article explaining why investing in health systems across the world helps prevent this.

Our side event at the World Local Production Forum

To what extent do satellite production sites of large pharmaceutical companies from the Global North contribute to the independence of the Global South in access to medicines? We convened a side event on this topic at the World Local Production Forum, which took place in The Hague from 6 to 8 November. According to Wemos, regional production of medicines should not only be in the region, but also by and for the region.

Critical thinking at the World Bank Annual Meetings

During the World Bank Annual Meetings in Marrakesh, we created a moment of critical thinking about the World Bank’s privatization model for health systems. Together with Akina Mama wa Afrika, Action Aid, Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Oxfam, we organized a panel discussion on using development finance for for-profit healthcare. We looked at its implications for universal health coverage (UHC), human rights and gender equality.

Special mention at Humanitarian Communication Awards 2023

Our video ‘Sustainable finance for health systems’ shows key health challenges in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia and stresses the importance of sustainable financing of health systems. It received a special mention at the Humanitarian Communication Awards 2023. The jury writes: “Wemos’ video is an animated explainer video, demonstrating their continued successful use of this genre after their Highflyer nomination last year.”

Together we can make health justice happen!

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