The challenges of child refugee health: everyone’s responsibility

Royal Society of Medicine 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON

We invite you to join Dr. David McCoy and colleagues for this special multidisciplinary and inter-sectoral event on child refugee health. The event, organised by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, is aimed not only at informing health practitioners about the migration crisis but also aimed at equipping them to be able to respond […]

Looking Back to Look Forward: The Past and Future of Catastrophes & Conflict Medicine

Apothecaries Hall Blackfriars, London

Join The Catastrophes and Conflict Forum and The Faculty of Conflict and Catastrophes Medicine for an all day event commemorating the 400th anniversary of the royal charter of the Society of Apothecaries. The event explores the emerging challenges facing humanitarians, evaluations of the future trends in catastrophes and conflict and innovations coming into this space. Featuring speakers from the NGO […]

Medact Gathering 2020 [POSTPONED]

Conference Aston Aston University, Aston St, Birmingham, United Kingdom

After careful consideration and consultation, we have now decided to postpone our upcoming Health Justice conference in light of the current situation regarding Coronavirus.

World Nuclear Survivors Forum 2021

The World Nuclear Survivors Forum 2021 will bring together nuclear survivors and impacted communities around the world to virtually meet, learn about each other’s situations and needs, and share various actions and initiatives.

Free

IPPNW World Congress: Disarmament, Climate Crisis and Health – Mombasa

Travellers Beach Hotel & Club, Mombasa, Kenya Mombasa, Kenya

Medact is the UK’s affiliate to The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) – a non-partisan global federation of medical organisations dedicated to research, education, and advocacy relevant to the prevention of nuclear war.  We are looking forward to this  first African World Congress, focused on Disarmament, Climate Crisis and Health.  We […]

Pegasus Institute’s Summer Institute in Peace, Health and Sustainability

Find out more about this summer’s upcoming Institute in Peace, Health and Sustainability run by McGill University and the Pegasus Institute. The Summer Institute offers courses for students interested in how migration, conflict, and the environment shape human health.

Migrant Justice Bloc at the Conservative Party Conference

Say NO to the Hostile Environment and NO to racist scapegoating Join Greater Manchester Patients Not Passports and the migrant justice bloc at the national demonstration and march to the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.  Through Hostile Environment immigration controls, the Government tries to bring the border into our neighbourhoods, our workplaces, our homes and […]