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Our highlights of 2024
As 2024 comes to an end, we like to reflect on our progress towards advancing global health justice. Together with our partners all over the world, we called for action for affordable medicines, sufficient financing for health and access to health workers for everyone, everywhere. Explore our highlights of 2024 on our website. A big thank you to our donors and partners - these successes could not have been possible without your support.
The Wemos team also wishes you and your loved ones a joyful holiday season and a healthy, uplifting New Year! Explore our highlights ➔ |
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Decorate our Christmas tree and make health justice happen!
🎄 This holiday season, donate to Wemos and hang a beautiful ornament in our Wemos Christmas tree. This way you can contribute to a world where we can all be as healthy as possible. No matter who we are or where we live. 💝 Thank you! Decorate and donate here ➔ |
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Opinion article: ‘Vaccines for Africa by Africa’
High-income countries should invest in regional production of medicines that is not only in Africa, but also for and by Africa. Wemos director Mariëlle Bemelmans and Afya na Haki director Moses Mulumba advocate this in a joint opinion article for Think Global Health. “A sustainable pharmaceutical industry in Africa that is needs-driven and independent from priorities and profit motives in the Global North, requires regional production by local and regional manufacturers.” Read the full opinion article ➔ |
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Make Way for Youth episode 6: Power to youth
The latest episode of the Make Way for Youth podcast is now out! We are joined by three special guests on meaningful youth participation: Chris Matagaro, Founder and Executive Director of Black Coffee Network, Emmanuel Barare, Make Way youth representative and Myria Koutsoumpa, Make Way regional and global coordinator. Together, we discuss the different ways that meaningful youth participation can be achieved through funding, capacity building and opportunities for advocacy. Listen to the episode on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Podcasts ➔ |
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UHC Day 2024: what can governments do?
On 12 December 2024, we celebrated Universal Health Coverage Day with the theme ‘Health: it’s on the government!’ What concrete steps can governments take to ensure health for all? Why are they responsible, and why is this so important for the world now? We tackled these questions in an insightful Q&A with global health advocate Mariska Meurs, exploring the role governments play in ensuring access to quality healthcare for everyone. We also put together a short video walking you through the theme. Read and watch here ➔ |
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African Disability Protocol
The African Disability Protocol is a groundbreaking framework tailored to the unique challenges faced by persons with disabilities across the continent. For years, partner organizations in Make Way have been actively advocating for its ratification. Their endeavours came to fruition in June 2024, with the African Disability Protocol’s official ratification. The work continues though to ensure more countries ratify, sign onto and implement the African Disability Protocol into laws and policies. Learn more ➔ |
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Goodbye X, hello Bluesky
It will come as no surprise: Wemos is also leaving the social media platform X. Since mid-December, we have stopped posting on X and will close our account in early 2025. We stand for a fair and inclusive world and aim to meaningfully engage with our audiences. With this in mind, you can now follow us on Bluesky. We’re looking forward to connecting with you there! Follow us ➔ |
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Wemos tips & picks
To truly tackle structural inequities within global health, we need a fundamental shift. In this insightful talk at the Yale School of Public Health, Professor Madhukar Pai explores how global health, with its colonial origins, is still dominated by those with power and privilege. He issues a powerful call to action, urging Global North actors to move from saviourism to international solidarity. He also presents examples of how this transformation can be achieved. Watch here (YouTube). |
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