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Refugee Solidarity Group in Calais
From the 20th – 24th February, two members of Medact’s new Refugee Solidarity Group went to volunteer in the so-called Calais ‘Jungle’. This is the first of a series of […]
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Eating Better calls on Government to step up to the plate for our health and the health of the planet
Yesterday, Tuesday 2 February, Eating Better – an alliance of nearly 50 organisations, including Medact – launched its asks of Government – to take urgent action on the unsustainable level of […]
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Medact investigates health impacts of under-18 recruitment into UK armed forces
Over the last six months, Medact has been developing a project looking at the long-term health impacts of recruiting adolescents into the UK armed forces. The UK is one of […]
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Medact warns against British air strikes in Syria
As a public health charity committed to a safer, fairer and better world, Medact has a reputable history of promoting peace and studying the effects of war, conflict and violence […]
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IPPNW holds Minute of Silence for victims of terror and war
Minute’s silence, Monday 16th of November 2015 11:00 GMT At its London meeting, the Board of Directors of IPPNW decided to join the minute’s silence in remembrance of the victims of […]
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Medical experts call for ban on preventative use of antibiotics in groups of healthy animals
On Sunday November 22, during World Antibiotics Awareness Week, 20 senior representatives from health and medical organisations, including Medact, co-signed a letter, published in the Times, calling on the UK […]
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Act now to address urgent threats posed by escalating armed conflict and militarisation, say health experts
Armed conflict and militarisation pose grave and escalating threats to health worldwide and must be tackled urgently, warned a coalition of leading health, peace, development and security organisations at a […]
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European health groups launch peace education case studies
European health groups, including Medact, today launched new educational materials to educate nurses, doctors, students and others on the health aspects of war, violence and armed conflict. The new case […]
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End the blockade of Donbass: Humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine
IPPNW press statement, September 17, 2015 IPPNW medical practitioners from 15 European countries appealed today to Presidents Poroshenko and Putin, the European Parliament and the OSCE to help lift the […]
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IPPNW Appeal on humanitarian relief in the conflict in Ukraine
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko European Parliament (contact group with Ukraine) Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe, Head of the OSCE monitoring […]
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Israel/Palestine: Force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners and detainees legalised
Medact strongly objects to new legislation passed by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, enabling force-feeding of prisoners and detainees on hunger strike. Medact supports the Israel Medical Association’s principled opposition, […]