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Honest Accounts? The true story of Africa’s billion dollar losses – VIDEO
The facts about poverty and its root causes do not stop our political leaders telling us how generous we are to Africa. Of how much they care about doing something […]
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Protect and Survive
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Paul Sims on Beds not Bombs: histories of the medical anti-war movement
To launch the Medact archive on 27 June 2014, Wellcome Library played host to a conference on the history of medical activism: ‘Beds not Bombs: Exploring the archives of anti-nuclear […]
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Elena Carter on ‘Beds not Bombs’
As East and West squared off at the height of the Cold War, the threat of a nuclear attack was all too real. Armed with stark facts about the potential […]
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"#bedsnotbombs" Medact Archive Launched by the Wellcome Library
The Wellcome Library has curated and launched Medact’s 60 year old archive covering our recent history and that of our predecessor organisations MCANW (Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons) and MAPW […]
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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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Immigration Act Strategic Workshop
Medact has been working with Alma Mata, Doctors of the World, Migrants’ Rights Network, the Terrence Higgins Trust, The National AIDS Trust, Still Human Still Here, Maternity Action and other organisations as part of the Entitlement Working […]
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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 […]