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Protect and Survive
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Beds not bombs – highlights from the Medact archive
Elena Carter, project archivist at the Wellcome Library, gives a tour of the newly-catalogued archive of Medact. Beds not bombs – highlights from the Medact archiveWatch this video on […]
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Resources for Refugee & Migrant Healthcare
Doctors of the World – London Clinic Praxis, Pott Street, London E2 0EF. Tel: 020 8123 6614 Mobile: 07974 616 852 www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk Open every Mon, Wed and Fri 1-5pm. No appointment […]
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Medact’s position on changes in 2014 Immigration Act
Medact believes that healthcare should be freely accessible for all who need it on ethical, humanitarian, public health and economic grounds. However, the government’s current policy trajectory is set to […]
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What the Government is proposing with the 2014 Immigration Act
Summary According to the government, new measures are needed to combat ‘health tourism’ (i.e. visitors who come to the UK with the express intention of seeking free NHS care) and […]
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Who has access to free NHS care currently?
Any non-EEA citizen who is not ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK is liable for charging in secondary care, with some notable exemptions relating to membership to specific groups and specific […]
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Health Impact Assessment and Conflict – a case study to assess the potential health consequences of military action against Iran
Medact has developed a Health Impact Assessment of what the consequences of military action would be for health if armed conflict against Iran by the United States and its allies were […]
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Climate Change – health impacts & opportunities
What does the latest IPCC report mean for human health? Medact has developed its second briefing explaining the health implications of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group II […]
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Climate Change: Our greatest health threat, or our greatest opportunity for better health?
Climate Change: Our greatest health threat, or our greatest opportunity for better health?Watch this video on YouTube
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Combat and the Campus
A discussion on the ethics of university research and nuclear weapons with Jonathon Porritt, Andy Blowers, Christopher Watson, and David McCoy. Held at University College London on 12 February […]
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David Woodward – “Between the Rack and a Hot Place: Can We Reconcile Poverty Eradication and Tackling Climate Change?”
About the lecture By any reasonable definition, the majority of humanity is on the rack of poverty; and a major obstacle to its eradication is the growing threat of extreme […]