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COVID-19 affects everything – more than a disease control plan, we need a manifesto
In this new piece, former Medact Director and Professor of Global Public Health David McCoy discusses the need for a much broader, whole-societal response to COVID-19.
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Politics, Power, Poverty and Global Health
Medact Director, David McCoy, was recently involved in an online discussion about the politics of global health initiated by Professor Solly Benatar from South Africa, and involving Professors Gorik Omms […]
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Taxing diesel—now’s not the time to choke
David McCoy on why we are campaigning for the phase out of diesel on health grounds, and why tax on diesel cars should be increased at the point of sale.
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The decision to frack in Lancashire: shale gas is unburnable and must be left in the ground
That Lancashire County Council has been forced to grant Cuadrilla permission to undertake exploratory fracking should come as no surprise. Planning law meant that the Council could only block Cuadrilla […]
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Brexit, Despondency and Hope
A message from our Director David McCoy in response to Thursday’s Brexit vote
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Antibiotic resistance & our unsustainable food systems
On both grounds of preserving our antibiotics and preventing irreversible ecological degradation and further global warming, the message is clear: we need to reverse the trend of increasing meat production and consumption, and limit forms of livestock farming that are ultimately dangerous.
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Dr David McCoy – Responding to War, Violence and Conflict as a Health Community
Dr David McCoy – Responding to War, Violence and Conflict as a Health CommunityWatch this video on YouTube
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Divestment is No Grand Gesture
This briefing by Dr David McCoy provides a structured and detailed examination of the arguments used by Jeremy Farrar (Wellcome Trust) and Charlie Jeffery (University of Edinburgh) to support continued investment […]
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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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The social, political and ecological pathologies of the Ebola Crisis cannot be ignored
By David McCoy The Ebola virus is finally receiving attention after years of being ignored as just another deadly disease in Africa. Yet it was only when the current outbreak got […]
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Is the Harvard School of Public Health Afraid of Politics?
To no one’s surprise, the Lancet-Oslo Commission did not withdraw its disappointing recommendations on global governance for health. In an earlier blog, I criticised the Commission’s failure to act on […]