by Rhianna Louise | Sep 21, 2016 | Actions, Campaign Updates, Sign-Ons, Peace & Security
UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been directly involved in the destruction of Yemen’s health system and the targeting of hospitals and other health facilities in Yemen. On Wednesday 21 September, the Medact Arms and Militarisation group handed in the following... by Medact Staff | May 18, 2016 | Blogs, Sign-Ons, Climate & Environment, Energy
Medact has joined with more than 80 global health organizations from 30 different countries – together representing more than 300,000 doctors, nurses and public health professionals…
by Medact Staff | Mar 30, 2016 | Sign-Ons, Peace & Security
To coincide with the #StopTrident march on Saturday 27th February 2016, leading UK health professionals wrote a letter in The Telegraph calling on the UK government to back international efforts to establish a treaty banning nuclear weapons, and to halt the renewal of... by Medact Staff | Mar 31, 2015 | Actions, Blogs, Sign-Ons
John Ashton is an independent commentator and co-founder of the think tank E3G. He served from 2006-12 as Special Representative for Climate Change for three successive Foreign Secretaries. He spoke on the panel at the launch of our new Report on Health and Fracking:... by Medact Staff | Jul 24, 2014 | Actions, Sign-Ons, Human Rights, Palestinian Health, Peace & Security
Paola Manduca, Iain Chalmers, Derek Summerfield, Mads Gilbert, Swee Ang, on behalf of 24 signatories We are doctors and scientists, who spend our lives developing means to care and protect health and lives. We are also informed people; we teach the ethics of our... by Medact Staff | Jun 10, 2014 | Sign-Ons, Economic Justice, Tax & Health
Tax abuse is wrong. And Medact believes it should be considered a national public health problem. But the rules of the international banking, trade and finance systems are rigged to allow corporations to get away with illegitimate and unacceptable tax avoidance. Help...