While Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as initiated by the World Health Organization is a promising concept, I remain critical about the current ambitions in the declaration of the High-Level Meeting on UHC at the United Nations Headquarters in September. The vision is there, but what intrigues me, is what remains unsaid. In this era where global inequalities are bigger than ever[1], I believe it is time to do some thinking outside of the box on how we will fund our healthcare.
Month archive: July, 2019
Wemos in EenVandaag: price hike of medicine is abuse of monopoly position of pharma company
The sudden price hike of the medicine Priadel constitutes an abuse of the monopoly position of the pharmaceutical company Essential Pharma. Global health advocate Ella Weggen states this in the programme EenVandaag.
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