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Is clinical trial transparency under threat?

Last month, HAI and TranspariMED hosted an event in the European Parliament on the issue of clinical trial transparency. The conversation was fruitful – with representatives of the European Commission, the European Medicines…
HAI Admin
21 November 2019

An insightful day at the EURIPID stakeholder meeting in Budapest

Research Assistant, Janneke van Oirschot, recently attended a EURIPID Stakeholder meeting in Budapest. Have a go at seeing if you can make sense of this “non-transparent” version of Janneke’s blog…
HAI Admin
25 October 2019

Halving snakebite deaths and disabilities by 2030 – How can we reach WHO’s goal?

By Benjamin Waldmann In 2019, estimates suggest that at least 138,000 people will have died and a further 400,000 will be left with permanent disabilities from snakebite. Under-reporting in rural…
HAI Admin
10 October 2019

Gender mainstreaming, sustainability and the future of HSA: Partners gather in Kenya for the JAP 2019

Against the backdrop of beautiful Lake Naivasha, members of the Health Systems Advocacy Partnership gathered in Kenya to reflect on past successes, and discuss next steps. The partnership, formed in…
HAI Admin
1 October 2019

Biased cancer drug trials are only good for one group…and it’s not patients

A new study in The BMJ, partly funded by HAI, found that half of cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) between 2014 and 2016 were based on…
Ellie White
27 September 2019

A Momentous Week for Access to Medicines

by TIM REED, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR This week, in New York, World leaders joined together to adopt a UN Political Declaration on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in what has been billed…
HAI Admin
25 September 2019

Working together to end the suffering of pregnant women and families – Photo Essay

A simple complication during pregnancy can lead to devastating consequences for Ugandan families. Preeclampsia affects between 2-8% of pregnant women worldwide. For Ugandan women however, a diagnosis of preeclampsia could…
HAI Admin
5 September 2019

Lack of access to ICEMs has disastrous consequences for many. So what’s being done?

This post is part of a two-part series about access to ICEMs. Read about what ICEMs are, and why access is such a problem for so many. In June 2019,…
HAI Admin
15 August 2019

Access to ICEMs is a fundamental human right, but millions aren’t receiving them

This post is part of a two-part series about access to ICEMs. Read the second part here. It is a scandal of epic proportions that access to internationally controlled essential…
HAI Admin
12 August 2019

Staff Spotlight: Emma Shiffman

When moving on to a new adventure, it is natural to look back on all the steps you have made to bring you to where you are now. At the…
HAI Admin
6 August 2019

Civil Society Voice at International Summit to Tackle Global Health Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is arguably the biggest global health challenge we will face this century. Many diseases, including pneumonia, tuberculosis and foodborne diseases are increasingly difficult to treat. The prospect of…
HAI Admin
30 July 2019

Welcome to the new look website!

There’s been some change in the air at the Health Action International offices recently. In the most literal sense, a change of air has brought with it some (much needed)…
HAI Admin
24 July 2019

Dr Marg Ewen Receives the Helen Clark-JoPPP Award

The winners of the 2019 Helen Clark- JoPPP Award for Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Research have been announced! We are thrilled that HAI Senior Projects Manager, Marg Ewen, is this…
Bobbi Klettke
12 July 2019

Staff Spotlight: Jessica Davy

What are three words to describe Health Action International? Impactful, diligent and open-minded. What is the most interesting aspect of your field of expertise?  I have so much to learn…
HAI Admin
25 June 2019

No Universal Health Coverage without Universal Medicines Coverage

By DR TIM REED, Executive Director The theme of this year’s World Health Day (7 April) is Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In our latest blog, HAI Executive Director, Tim Reed, writes…
HAI Admin
4 April 2019

Our European Projects Highlights for 2018

What would you say if you were asked “what have your highlights been this year”? We’ve had exciting times across all of our areas of work, so to pinpoint particular…
HAI Admin
20 December 2018

A Year at the Heart of Regulatory Decision Making

by ANCEL.LA SANTOS, Senior Policy Advisor – Europe It’s that time of year when we reflect on our activities and achievements of the last 12 months. It’s been a busy…
HAI Admin
18 December 2018

HAI and Snakebite Programme Partner, James Ashe Antivenom Trust, Applaud Government Action on Antivenom at Bio-Ken Snakebite Symposium

by SABRINA HENNECKE, Assistant Programme Officer (Snakebite) Take away the snakes and the sunburn, and Watamu, Kenya truly does look like paradise. Endless white sand cozies up to a sparkling…
HAI Admin
3 December 2018

Staff Spotlight: Sabrina Hennecke

What do you get when you combine curiosity, diligence, ambition and intellect? That’s easy—our Assistant Project Officer for Snakebite, Sabrina Hennecke. In this edition of Health Action International’s ‘Staff Spotlight’,…
Bobbi Klettke
23 November 2018

Staff Spotlight: Jaume Vidal

In this edition of #StaffSpotlight, we present Jaume Vidal, a Policy Advisor on Health Action International’s (HAI) European Projects team. When you see Jaume in the office, he’s often teasing…
Bobbi Klettke
31 October 2018

Time for a Treaty? ReAct Reports on Second Consultation on Global Development & Stewardship Framework to Combat AMR

by MAARTEN VAN DER HEIJDEN, Policy Associate, ReAct – Action on Antibiotic Resistance Last week, the Second Consultation of Member States and Partners on the Global Development and Stewardship Framework…
Bobbi Klettke
11 October 2018

Medicijnen: de link met de maatschappij

Guest blog by FEMKE HEDDEMA, former HAI intern Last week, we held a successful event in The Hague on public health and innovation in the Netherlands. The success of the…
Bobbi Klettke
2 October 2018

How WHO’s Internship Policy Became More Inclusive

by DR ASHTON BARNETT-VANES It’s been a busy week at HAI, in which we’ve hosted events in the Netherlands (on alternative models of innovation) and the United States (on non-communicable…
HAI Admin
28 September 2018

Onze collega gaat terug naar (Utrecht Summer) School

By GABY OOMS, Research Officer Afgelopen week mocht ik na 1,5 jaar weer voor een week achter de schoolbanken schuiven voor het vak ‘pharmaceutical policy analysis’ die werd georganiseerd door…
Bobbi Klettke
27 July 2018

A Week of Promise for Access to Medicines

by ALEX LAWRENCE, Communications Advisor At the 71st World Health Assembly, the great and the good (and sometimes, not so good) of global health came together on some of the…
Bobbi Klettke
31 May 2018

What Role Can Civil Society Play in the European Regulatory Process?

by ANCEL.LA SANTOS, Senior Policy Advisor The formal engagement of patients and consumers in the pharmaceutical regulatory process helps ensure that important decisions about medicines take into account the thoughts…
Bobbi Klettke
21 February 2018

On the Road in Kilifi County: HAI Launches Snakebite Programme in Kenya

by BEN WALDMANN, Snakebite Project Manager and SOPHIE VON BERNUS, Project Associate Health Action International’s (HAI) snakebite team temporarily traded the grey skies of Amsterdam for the sunny coasts of…
Bobbi Klettke
12 February 2018

Open Science for Health: Shaping the New Framework Programme

by JAUME VIDAL, Policy Advisor – Europe Health Action International (HAI) and Commons Network were joined last week in a packed room at the European Parliament by European Union lawmakers,…
Bobbi Klettke
7 February 2018

Staff Spotlight: Evelien Colenberg

The old saying that “money makes the world go round” is especially true for non-governmental organisations, like ours. Without it, HAI wouldn’t be able to realise our access to medicines…
Bobbi Klettke
16 January 2018

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: A bad deal for transparency, policy coherence and access to medicines

by JAUME VIDAL, Policy Advisor – Europe The European Union (EU) and Mercosur have been negotiating a free trade agreement for the last 16 years, with talks picking up pace…
Bobbi Klettke
14 December 2017
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