Medical Peace Work consists of seven online courses and a collection of teaching resources for medical peace education. They are free to all and are available on this website. The […]
One year on from the British Medical Association’s decision to divest from fossil fuels, the health divestment movement celebrates a year of success with three other health organisations having followed […]
“Those who profess to care for the health of people perhaps have the greatest responsibility to act […] We should push our own organisations […] to divest from fossil fuel […]
Following a meeting organised by Medact with the generous assistance of the Royal Society of Medicine, of seven doctors working in immigration detention centres and six from voluntary organisations produced a consensus statement for dissemination.
We are writing from the 68th World Health Assembly, where a drafting group of Member States are discussing the Framework of Engagement With Non-State Actors (FENSA). This process aims to […]
Medact’s Director, David McCoy, applauds LSHTM’s decision to divest from coal companies. By Emma Howard in The Guardian. 13.5.15 “The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has sold […]
Geneva, 19 May 2015 – Ahead of the first meeting of the drafting group on Framework for Engagement with Non – State Actors (FENSA), Civil Society Organisations and Social Movements […]
By the Nuclear Information Service (NIS). Click here to view Medact’s joint report with NIS released in 2014 calling for transparency on research links between the Atomic Weapons Establishment and UK universities. […]
The jury remains ‘out’ on the reasons for the surprising results of the UK’s May 7 General Election. Here, Medact member Frank Boulton explores the implications of a conservative majority […]
STOP THE BOMBS TO MEDICAL WORKERS AROUND THE WORLD: The field hospital that I established and direct in Syria has been hit by bombing and airstrikes 17 times. As trusted […]