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The health impacts of war and armed conflict
In 1951, at the height of the Korean War, seven eminent doctors wrote to The Lancet medical journal in a call for disarmament. Their argument? Military spending was impacting […]
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Contribution to HHR Journal COP21 Series on Divestment
The divestment movement has empowered individuals and investors to go beyond attempts to influence demand for fossil fuels; rather, people can directly influence fossil fuel supply and the structural drivers of climate change, challenging the systems that lock us into fossil fuel dependency.
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A “healthy end” to the nuclear era: interview with Tilman Ruff
Tilman Ruff, an expert on immunization who consults with the WHO and the Australian Red Cross, is Co-President of IPPNW and former president of the Australian affiliate, MAPW. He serves […]
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Europe's migrant crisis: what's to be done?
Photo: Blocked by rail, migrant’s walk through Hungary to reach Germany and Austria. The first week of this September month has seen an extra-ordinary set of responses to the mass-migration […]
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Dear Presidents Obama and Putin: Ukraine conflict risks nuclear war
by IPPNW [IPPNW co-presidents Ira Helfand and Vladimir Garkavenko have sent the following letter to Presidents Barack Obama of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia, expressing the Federation’s concern […]
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Divestment is no ‘Grand Gesture’
According to Jeremy Farrar, head of the Wellcome Trust, the Guardian’s “Keep in the Ground” campaign to promote divestment from fossil fuel companies is merely a “grand gesture” that can […]
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What’s good for Iran is good for the nuclear-armed states
The following statement was issued today by the IPPNW Executive Committee. Medact is the UK affiliate of IPPNW – International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. IPPNW won the […]
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Keep a Strong FENSA: Safeguard WHO's Independence From Private Interests
We are writing from the 68th World Health Assembly, where a drafting group of Member States are discussing the Framework of Engagement With Non-State Actors (FENSA). This process aims to […]
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HMS Death Trap – life on board one of the Royal Navy's Trident submarines
By the Nuclear Information Service (NIS). Click here to view Medact’s joint report with NIS released in 2014 calling for transparency on research links between the Atomic Weapons Establishment and UK universities. […]
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Medact and the General Election
The jury remains ‘out’ on the reasons for the surprising results of the UK’s May 7 General Election. Here, Medact member Frank Boulton explores the implications of a conservative majority […]
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What are the political parties offering our children in 2015?
Dr. Caoimhe McKenna & Dr. Rosie Kyeremateng, ISSOP UK trainee group Click here to view full version With the May 7th General election rapidly approaching, we have reviewed the manifestos […]