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Homeless refugee children in Northern France – abandoned by the British government, but not by the British people
This autumn, a team of medical volunteers from the Medact Refugee Solidarity Group are visiting French port towns to provide first aid and bear witness to the unimaginable human tragedy […]
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Taxing diesel—now’s not the time to choke
David McCoy on why we are campaigning for the phase out of diesel on health grounds, and why tax on diesel cars should be increased at the point of sale.
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How do UK dietary guidelines compare for sustainability?
UK dietary guidelines are designed to promote healthy eating by providing accessible advice to the public. But what we eat doesn’t only impact on our individual health, it also has […]
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Less meat, more veg
New analysis identifies the huge gap between a healthy & sustainable diet and what we’re actually eating
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The decision to frack in Lancashire: shale gas is unburnable and must be left in the ground
That Lancashire County Council has been forced to grant Cuadrilla permission to undertake exploratory fracking should come as no surprise. Planning law meant that the Council could only block Cuadrilla […]
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Letter from one GP to another – a personal plea to Dr Liam Fox MP to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia
What follows is the text of a letter sent by Medact Member and trainee GP Sarah Alhulail to Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for International Trade, and a former […]
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Syria’s double refugees: Palestinians forced to risk everything to reach Europe
Rohan Talbot is Campaigns and Media Officer at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), a partner organisation in the Health through Peace movement. The Medact Refugee Solidarity Group (MRSG)** supports MAP’s campaign […]
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The Health Impacts of the Small Arms Trade
By Oliver Yerby, member of the Medact Arms and Militarisation (MAM) group.* Oliver is a fourth year medical student studying in Nottingham with a particular interest in peacebuilding, human rights […]
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The Hinkley Point C decision – what nuclear energy means for health
1st October 2016: an addendum has been added to the discussion article written by Dr Frank Boulton on the potential role and impacts of nuclear power in the UK. See P.19 for […]
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Climate Change, Health and Global Justice
Concerns about the health impacts of climate change are growing. Climate change has very significant implications for public health and the topic is climbing higher on the international agenda. […]
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Nagasaki, and the futility of history’s only nuclear weapons attacks
With thanks to Medact Trustee Frank Boulton Nagasaki: a catalogue of errors Seventy one years ago in the early hours of August 9, the mission to drop a second atomic […]