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Defend the principles of our NHS!
Following their comments about the UK National Health Service, Medact has written to Senator Chuck Grassley and MEP Daniel Hannan to question and ask for clarification about their views. We thought you might want to too! Click article content for a sample letter if this is useful. You can also download a file with some comments they have made and their contact details and link to a news item about Daniel Hannans attack on the NHS.
Do let us know if you write and if you receive any reply. Thank you.
   09/09/2009
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Indoor Air Pollution - the killer in the kitchen
Indoor air pollution, caused by burning solid fuels such as wood and charcoal for cooking, claims more victims each year than malaria. It is the fourth greatest risk to death and disease in developing countries according to the WHO, and yet the international community is doing little to tackle the problem. Practical Action has launched a campaign calling for urgent action to tackle the killer in the kitchen. Practical Action is an international development agency which works with poor communities to help them choose and use technology for poverty reduction. For more information, and to find out how you can take action, visit www.practicalaction.org/smoke or click here
16/08/2006
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Letter to BMJ
A letter, signed by Medact, the BMA and Unison among others, urging the Prime Minister to keep to the promises made on health systems at the last G8. Please click on the website link below.
17/07/2006
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Social determinants of health inequalities
This article gives more background to the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health and emphasises, using clear evidence, the need to put wider social policy at the heart of addressing health inequalities.
17/07/2006
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Commission on Social Determinants of Health
The Commission on the Social Determinents of Health (CSDH) was launched in 2005 in recognition of the need to do something about gross health inequalities both within and between nations. The Commission is charged with recommending interventions and policies to narrow these inequalities through action on the social determinents of health. To find out more about the Commission and its nine Knowledge Networks click here.....
17/07/2006
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Health Worker Migration - a human rights analysis
Medact has launched two papers on the 'skills drain' of health professionals from the developing world, examining the economic, governance and human rights issues that surround this controversial issue. It proposes restitution as a solution and undertakes a comprehensive human rights check. The first report considers the issues in a rights framework.
24/06/2006
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Health Worker Migration - a Medact report on policy formulation
Kwadwo Mensah, Maureen Mackintosh and Leroi Henry propose a new framework for policy formulation in response to health worker migration - a response which does not limit health workers' ability to migrate but which does place obligations on rich country governments to help poor countries sustain effective health care.
24/06/2005
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