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One year after BMA decision, health community set to play key role in the global divestment movement
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 […]
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Do no harm – Divest
“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 […]
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Better Medical Care in Immigrant Detention Centres
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.
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Keep a Strong FENSA: Safeguard WHO's Independence From Private Interests
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 […]
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine divests from coal companies
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 […]
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Medact joins call to defend the World Health Organization from corporate takeover
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 […]
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HMS Death Trap – life on board one of the Royal Navy's Trident submarines
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. […]
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Medact and the General Election
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 […]
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Stop the Bombs: Medics Under Fire
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 […]
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What are the political parties offering our children in 2015?
Dr. Caoimhe McKenna & Dr. Rosie Kyeremateng, ISSOP UK trainee group Click here to view full version With the May 7th General election rapidly approaching, we have reviewed the manifestos […]
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Medact’s Position on Trident
Medact calls for the urgent abolition of all nuclear weapons, including the UK’s Trident because of the terrible consequences to health, humanity and the environment of the development, testing and use […]