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Our reaction to the Dutch coalition agreement
Last Friday, Dutch political parties D66, CDA and VVD presented their coalition agreement. After years of cutbacks, we are happy to see (modest) investment in international cooperation again. And we are glad that the Dutch global health strategy is mentioned, as well as the need to protect human rights, gender equality and SRHR. In other areas, however, we would like to see more ambition for global health justice.
Read our response (in Dutch) ➔ |
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Dutch campaign for transparency in pharmaceutical sector
Make no secret of my medicine, ensure transparency in the pharmaceutical sector. That’s the message of our Dutch campaign, in which we ask relevant organizations, experts and healthcare professionals to sign an open letter to the Dutch government and parliament. In videos, signatories of the letter explain why transparency is so important for affordable access to medicines and patient trust in the system. We will soon hand over the letter and list of signatories to the parliament. Read the letter and list of signatories (in Dutch) ➔ |
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Opinion piece: demand transparency from pharma companies
In a joint opinion piece for the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant, Ella Weggen (Wemos), Ellen 't Hoen (Medicines Law & Policy) and Katrina Perehudoff (University of Amsterdam) argue that the pharmaceutical industry is a unique industry and therefore requires unique regulation. The government should be able to demand transparency regarding the development costs of medicines, the amount of public money invested, and profit margins. This is necessary to achieve fair prices for new medicines.
Read the opinion piece (in Dutch) ➔ |
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Public-private partnerships in global health governance
Public-private partnerships are influential in global health governance. In our G2H2-hosted policy dialogue, Leah Shipton presented the Global Health Power Tracker, which maps influence and power distribution in global health partnerships. Our panellists Maty Dia Wandeler (Population Council), Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée (University of Oslo) and Myria Koutsoumpa (Wemos) added rich reflections and invaluable qualitative dimension to the illustrative dataset. Watch the recording ➔ |
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Wemos tips & picks
'Fire in the Blood' is an award-winning documentary about the obstruction of access to low-cost antiretroviral drugs for treating HIV/AIDS to people in Africa and other parts of the Global South, driven by multinational pharmaceutical companies and Global North governments supporting these companies. The documentary features James Love, director of our partner organization Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), who played a key role in the battle against this "genocidal blockade". Watch the documentary
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