Unravelling hospital food policy and practices, and finding the way towards healthier, tastier and more sustainable hospital food
The world now has an international treaty making it illegal for ratifying states to possess nuclear weapons. Our new report takes this opportunity to re-examine the arguments for and against the UK’s continued adherence to its own nuclear arsenal.
Two years on from the release of our first report on health and fossil fuel investments, “Unhealthy Investments”, the divestment movement has grown exponentially and health institutions worldwide have made […]
This report considers the long-term impacts of the British military’s recruitment of children under the age of 18, presents evidence linking ‘serious health concerns’ with the policy, and calls for a […]
Behind our shorter report, Shale Gas Production in England – an Updated Public Health Assessment, released in July 2016, is a more detailed and fully referenced set of long notes about […]
Download: A Public Health Assessment of Shale Gas in England Medact’s new report summarises the findings of a public health assessment of unconventional shale gas production in England. In 2015 […]
Executive summary Background: “The United Kingdom (UK) is presently set to expand ‘hydraulic fracturing’ of shale formations (‘fracking’) as a means of extracting unconventional gas. Proponents of fracking have argued […]
In this report Medact and other leading health and climate NGOs argue that the UK health community must phase out its investments in the fossil fuel industry, with air pollution […]
The Global Health Watch is perceived widely as the definitive voice for an alternate discourse on health and health care. This 4th edition covers a range of issues that currently […]
Honest Accounts? The true story of Africa's billion dollar lossesWatch this video on YouTube The Global South is being drained of resources by the rest of the world and it […]
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 […]