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Israel/Palestine: Force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners and detainees legalised
Medact strongly objects to new legislation passed by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, enabling force-feeding of prisoners and detainees on hunger strike. Medact supports the Israel Medical Association’s principled opposition, […]
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What’s good for Iran is good for the nuclear-armed states
The following statement was issued today by the IPPNW Executive Committee. Medact is the UK affiliate of IPPNW – International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. IPPNW won the […]
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Medical Peace Work Online Course
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 […]
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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 […]