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Help us realise a human right to health

by Medact | Dec 6, 2019 | Appeals, Headlines, Climate & Environment, Economic Justice, Human Rights, Peace & Security

We need your help to build our dynamic movement of health workers and activists

2019 Manifesto Analysis

by Medact Staff | Nov 30, 2019 | Blogs, Headlines, Climate & Environment, Economic Justice, Human Rights, Peace & Security

It’s election time, so we’ve been poring over the manifestos from all the major parties to see how they stack up against the aims of our different campaigns and work areas.

On Tasers, policing and imagining new responses to violence

by Sarah Lasoye | Oct 18, 2019 | Blogs, Headlines, Peace & Security

With the recent announcement of Tasers being made more widely available for use by the police in the UK, black feminist organiser and Global Health postgraduate Sarah Lasoye argues that the health community must take notice.

Is there a place for civil nuclear power in the 21st century?

by Frank Boulton | Oct 14, 2019 | Blogs, Headlines, Climate & Environment, Nuclear Weapons

To correspond with the recent publication of the IPPNW-Germany paper ‘How Nuclear Power powers the Bomb’, we publish a blog by Frank Boulton outlining the financial, environmental, health and geo-political arguments around nuclear power.

Annual Report 2018/19

by Medact | Oct 14, 2019 | Annual Reports, Headlines

Our 2019 Annual Report is now available to read online – providing an overview of our work and direction in the last year.

Showing that the health community supports the Student Climate Strikers

by Deirdre Duff | Sep 4, 2019 | Headlines, Climate & Environment

On 20th – 27th September, Medact members and other healthcare workers will be supporting the millions of children and young people from around the world who have been striking on Fridays in an urgent call for action to address the climate crisis.

Turkish doctors sentenced to prison for statement against war

by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Aug 13, 2019 | Headlines, News, Health Through Peace, Human Rights, Peace & Security

In response to the sentencing of 11 Turkish doctors to 20 months in prison for a statement made against the military offensive in Afrin, Syria, Medact has urged the UK Foreign Secretary to take action.  “War is a man-made public health problem.” It is these words,...

End the cycle of violence: 270 health workers take action against UK DSEI Arms Fair

by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Jul 5, 2019 | Headlines, Sign-Ons, Health Through Peace, Peace & Security

Our open letter in protest against the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair in London this September – fighting to stop the sale of arms to countries complicit in mass human rights abuses.

Net-zero by 2050 is too little too late; some reaction to the Committee on Climate Change Net Zero report

by Deirdre Duff | May 14, 2019 | Blogs, Headlines, Climate & Environment

Our Fossil Free Health campaigner, Deirdre Duff, offers some reaction to the recent Net Zero report by the Committee on Climate Change.

Patients Not Passports – challenging healthcare charging in the NHS

by James Skinner | Apr 9, 2019 | Briefings, Headlines, Human Rights, Migration & Health

Medact’s new briefing paper examines NHS charging and the introduction of immigration controls in the NHS.

DWP not Fit for Practice

by James Skinner | Mar 19, 2019 | Blogs, Headlines, Economic Justice, Migration & Health

In yet another demonstration of government departments concerning intervention in healthcare provision, a recent report released by Z2K highlights a new practice by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) that could have real impact on health equity. The report...

War, violence and the mental health crisis in Kashmir

by Neelam Iqbal | Mar 8, 2019 | Blogs, Headlines, Health Through Peace, Nuclear Weapons, Peace & Security

Kashmiri student and Medact member Neelam Iqbal writes about the mental health toll of the decades long conflict and calls for us to pay more attention to the needs of the people of Kashmir.

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