BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Medact - ECPv6.6.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Medact X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.medact.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Medact REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20150329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20151025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20160327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20161030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20170326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20171029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20170101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210130T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20210127T111518Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210127T120624Z UID:21642-1611999000-1612026000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:University of Birmingham Docs Not Cops: Exploring Health Inequalities in 2020 DESCRIPTION:Dr Max Thoburn\, a member of our Economic Justice & Health Group\, will be speaking at the University of Birmingham Docs Not Cops “Exploring Health Inequalities in 2020” Conference. He will be discussing findings from the upcoming Medact report on economic policy and public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. \nDr Sarah Walpole\, another Medact member\, will also be speaking on a panel discussion during the Conference\, so don’t miss out on seeing two brilliant Medact members in action! \nThe conference is on Saturday 30th January\, 9.30am-5:00pm and you can register your place for the conference here. \n  URL:https://www.medact.org/event/university-of-birmingham-docs-not-cops-exploring-health-inequalities-in-2020/ CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2021/01/download-11.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201116T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201116T193000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20201104T104041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T103023Z UID:21054-1605549600-1605555000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Why Health Justice Means Climate Justice DESCRIPTION:This November\, COP26 was due to take place in Glasgow. To mark this moment\, the COP26 Coalition is hosting From the Ground Up – a global gathering providing the space to educate\, strategise and co-ordinate\, to build power and connect within our global justice movements. This is an opportunity for Scottish\, UK\, European and international climate justice movements to build momentum and capacity\, and to connect to broader civil society to build power for system change. \n\n\n\nWe are excited to be organising an event at the global gathering on Monday 16th November\, 18:00 to 19:30 –  Why Health Justice Means Climate Justice.  \n\n\n\nRegister your place for Why Health Justice Means Climate Justice \n\n\n\nWhy Health Justice Means Climate Justice\n\n\n\nCovid-19 has brought into consciousness the deep pre-existing health inequalities. It has highlighted how our health is shaped by the wider social\, economic and environmental conditions in which we live. At the roots of health injustice is an extractive\, economic system that serves to concentrate power in the pursuit of profit through the exploitation of people and the planet. This is the same system that is driving climate breakdown. This panel discussion seeks to reflect on the connections between health and the climate\, the public health impacts of extractive industries and how the Green New Deal can also be a Public Health New Deal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe will be hearing from voices across the world as to how we build the health movement for transformative climate justice. There will be space for questions and deeper reflection for how we organise from the ground up in the lead up to COP 26. Join us as we explore why health justice means climate justice.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nDr Rita Issa\, GP Trainee\, Climate & Health Activist (Chair)\n\n\n\nDr Alice Gardner\, GP & Medact Member\n\n\n\nAraceli Camargo\, science lead for Centric Lab\, who use neuroscience to focus on improving public health & health justice\n\n\n\nErika Arteaga-Cruz\, doctor & health campaigner with the People’s Health Movement Extractive Industries Circle\n\n\n\nSophie Gepp\, Medical Student and member of Health for Future\n\n\n\n\nRegister your place now \n\n\n\nIf you want to help us build the health movement for transformative climate justice\, you can join our Climate & Health Group. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/why-health-justice-is-climate-justice/ CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/11/square_img_from_the_ground_up.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201027T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201027T190000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20201008T172551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201008T172551Z UID:20916-1603825200-1603825200@www.medact.org SUMMARY:The International Struggle for Universal Healthcare DESCRIPTION:Join NEF and Patients not Passports to discuss what the UK can learn from these international and historical struggles for universal healthcare to organise and win.\nA new report by the New Economics Foundation and the Patients not Passports coalition shows that the struggle for universal healthcare is not unique to the NHS in the present moment. Similar restrictions on migrants’ access to healthcare have been advanced by Governments across Europe\, and have been tried before in the NHS’s past. But these policies have been met by strong resistance and opposition\, with coordinated campaigns successfully organising against them. \nWhat can we learn from other campaigns that have successfully fought for the principle of universal healthcare for all\, regardless of immigration status? How can we organise collectively to ensure that the NHS is accessible for everyone? How can we win the fight against racism\, discrimination and the scapegoating of migrants that excludes migrants and BME communities from public services? \nSpeakers TBA \nRegister for the Zoom call URL:https://www.medact.org/event/the-international-struggle-for-universal-healthcare/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/10/international_stuggle_for_universal_healthcare_27oct.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200730T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200730T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20200724T161457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200724T170745Z UID:20542-1596135600-1596141000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:New Economics Briefing: Healthcare\, COVID-19 and the Hostile Environment DESCRIPTION:Join us at next week’s New Economics Briefing in partnership with the New Economics Foundation\, Migrants Organise\, Doctors of the World\, Kanlungan Filipino Consortium\, and Notts Refugee Forum where we’ll be discussing healthcare\, COVID-19 and the Hostile Environment. \nWe’ll be hearing from: \n\nSusan Cueva\, Kanlungan Filipino Consortium – talking about their report A Chance to Feel Safe\nDaniel Button\, New Economics Foundation – on the findings of our research Patients Not Passports: Migrants’ Access to Healthcare During the Coronavirus Crisis \nElla Johnson\, Doctors of the World – speaking to their rapid needs assessment An unsafe distance: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excluded People in England \nDaniel Robertson\, Notts Refugee Forum – on his experiences supporting people facing the combined threat of the Hostile Environment and coronavirus \nJames Skinner\, Medact’s Access to Healthcare Campaignet – talking about the Patients Not Passports campaign and how you can get involved. \n\nYou can register your place here. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/new-economics-briefing-healthcare-covid-19-and-the-hostile-environment/ CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/07/Copy-of-Copy-of-Action-Call-webinar-graphics-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200513T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200513T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20200507T105344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200507T172426Z UID:20064-1589396400-1589401800@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Medact Liverpool: Health and the Green New Deal Webinar DESCRIPTION:Over the coming weeks\, the government will begin planning for covid economic recovery and it is essential that we engage in discussions about how we want this to look. As a society\, we have learned that we are capable of making major changes at a policy and personal level in the name of public health. We must continue to keep health at the top of the agenda when the time comes to look to the future\, and rebuild in a way that ensures food and housing security\, tackles inequality and creates jobs by investing in green technology solutions. \nJoin us for this webinar as we explore how we can transition to a zero carbon society and the benefits that this will bring in terms of public health. We will discuss the role of healthcare professionals in bringing about this transition and opportunities for a greener and healthier future in the North West and Merseyside. \nSpeakers: \n\nDeidre Duff / Rob Abrams – Climate and Health Campaigners for Medact\nGina Dowding – Former MEP for the North West\, Green Party Member\nEd Gommon – Nurse and climate activist for Merseyside Labour for a Green New Deal\n\nPlease RSVP below for joining instructions\, and email liverpool@medact.org if you have any questions. \n[Registration has now closed] \n  URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-liverpool-health-and-the-green-new-deal-webinar/ CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online,Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200429T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200429T193000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20200417T130922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200528T114235Z UID:19933-1588183200-1588188600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:The arms industry in the era of COVID-19: lessons for the future DESCRIPTION:Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic reached the UK\, it became clear that the NHS was not sufficiently equipped or staffed to respond to the crisis. \nIn March\, the government put out a call for industry to convert its production to manufacture crucial medical equipment\, such as ventilators and PPE for frontline workers. To date\, a number of arms and defence companies have responded to this call – alongside existing companies that manufacture medical equipment and others. \nWorkers at Lucas Aerospace called for exactly this kind of arms conversion back in 1976\, when they produced an Alternative Corporate Plan – now known as the Lucas Plan. \nIn this webinar we discuss what a ‘just transition’ from industries that cause destruction to those that support peace and public health could and should look like\, hearing from experts in the field of arms conversion and a just transition for workers: \n\nHilary Wainwright – Founding editor of Red Pepper Magazine and co-author of ‘The Lucas Plan: A New Trade Unionism in the Making?’  \nDr. Andy Haines – Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health at LSHTM\nPhil Asquith – Chartered Engineer and former Chairman of the Lucas Aerospace Combine\, Burnley site\nDr. Stuart Parkinson – Executive Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility\nSam Mason – Policy officer at PCS Union and member of the New Lucas Plan project\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe arms industry in the era of COVID-19: lessons for the future\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWatch this video on YouTube URL:https://www.medact.org/event/the-arms-industry-in-the-era-of-covid-19-lessons-for-the-future/ CATEGORIES:Online,Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191121T211000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20191108T152605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191108T165647Z UID:18652-1574362800-1574370600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Medact Dorset Autumn Meeting DESCRIPTION:Medact Dorset will be meeting on Thursday 21st November for… \n\nAn update on our Divestment campaign\nA screening of a short documentary about migrant access to healthcare\nAn overview of Medact’s campaigns and a chance to discuss what areas Medact Dorset would like to get involved with.\n\nJoin us at The Libertine\, Westbourne\, BH4 8EL from 7pm onwards. \nRSVP below and please encourage any health-worker friends or colleagues to come along too! \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-dorset-autumn-meeting/ LOCATION:The Libertine Pub\, Westbourne\, 1 Alumhurst Rd\, Bournemouth\, BH4 8EL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Meetings,Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190930T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190930T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20190906T154630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190913T155600Z UID:18463-1569870000-1569875400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:‘Do No Harm’ - a meeting about war\, the arms trade and health DESCRIPTION:Earlier this month\, over 276 health workers sent a letter to the UK government urging them to stop supporting the arms trade and arms fairs such as DSEI. \nWe invite you to join us in discussing the impacts of war and armed conflict on health\, and of health workers working at the front lines in conflict zones. \nWe hope to also discuss how the health community can join the campaign to hold the UK government to account for its role\, through for example facilitating the sale of arms to countries such as Saudi Arabia\, in public health crises abroad as a result of conflict. \nSpeakers include:\n– Rita Dayoub\, a Syrian dentist\, Academy Associate at Chatham House and founder of Health Workers at the Frontline\n– Dr. Sara Beleil\, Psychiatrist and Academic Secretary at the Sudan Doctors’ Union UK\n– Ann Feltham\, Parliamentary Coordinator at Campaign Against the Arms Trade \nOur building has step-free access\, but this is not permanent\, i.e. you need someone to help set up ramp at the front entrance or let you in via the back door through the bike shed. There are “standard” non-wide doorways through to the meeting rooms. \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/do-no-harm-a-meeting-about-war-the-arms-trade-and-health/ LOCATION:Medact Office\, The Brick Yard\, 28 Charles Square\, London\, N1 6HT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Meetings,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2019/08/health-through-peace.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190610T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190610T200000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20190517T161833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190530T095646Z UID:17984-1560191400-1560196800@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Cuba & International Health - with Dr Enmanuel Vigil Fonseca DESCRIPTION:In 2009 — as soon as he qualified from medical school in Havana — Dr. Enmanuel Vigil Fonseca began volunteering on international missions. Beginning in Venezuela\, Dr. Fonseca joined primary care services aimed at providing medical coverage to vulnerable communities. He then headed to Sierra Leone as part of Cuba’s response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak\, which included a total of 12\,000 health workers volunteering their support. Dr. Fonseca’s following missions would take him to Western Sahara and Ecuador\, where Cuba’s medical brigades responded to flooding and an earthquake. \nDr. Fonseca will join us to discuss Cuba’s healthcare and medical internationalism\, providing insight into one of the world’s most remarkable approaches to national health provision and international health. Chairing the discussion is Professor Imti Choonara\, a retired paediatrician\, emeritus professor in Child Health at the University of Nottingham and Editor in Chief of BMJ Paediatrics Open. Dr. Choonara is also interested in international child health and organises an annual workshop on Child Health in Cuba. \nTo attend\, please register using the form below. We are very sorry that the venue for this event is not wheelchair accessible. We do intend to live-stream the event so that anyone that wants to can join online. \nWe are grateful to the Cuba Solidarity Campaign for their help with hosting this event. You can read more about Dr. Fonseca on the Cuba Solidarity Campaign website. \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/cuba-international-health-with-dr-enmanuel-vigil-fonseca/ LOCATION:Floyer House – Queen Mary’s\, University of London\, Stepney Way\, London\, E1 2DP\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2019/05/cuban-doctors.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190307T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190307T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20190220T175058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190221T104051Z UID:17577-1551985200-1551992400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:PREVENT in the NHS - Medact Manchester DESCRIPTION:Join Medact Manchester for the next evening talk in our Medact lecture series. We are looking forward to hearing from Dr Tarek Younis\, a cultural psychologist and Newton postdoctoral research fellow at UCL. He will be discussing his current project\, which concentrates on the political responses of healthcare professionals to Prevent. \nPrevent is part of the government’s counter-terrorism strategy\, and places a statutory duty on many professionals working in public services – including schools\, universities and the NHS – to report people whom they suspect of being at risk of “radicalisation”. \n7pm at  University Place 6.210\, Oxford Road. \nThere will be plenty of time for discussion after the talk\, so please join us. \nYou can find more information on Dr Younis here: https://www.tarekyounis.org/about.html \nYou can find more information on Prevent here: https://www.medact.org/2018/blogs/prevent-duty-in-the-nhs/ \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/prevent-in-the-nhs-medact-manchester/ LOCATION:University Place\, University of Manchester\, 176 Oxford Rd\, Manchester\, M13 9PL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures ORGANIZER;CN="Medact Manchester":MAILTO:manchester@medact.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190227T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190227T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20190207T190144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230220T181007Z UID:17546-1551292200-1551299400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:“Selling the military” - A critical discussion on military marketing strategies DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an evening of discussion and exploration of our new report Selling the military: A critical analysis of contemporary recruitment marketing. The report is a joint project between Medact and ForcesWatch that analyses the way the armed forces market their careers to adolescents and young people. Throughout the evening we will review how military marketing campaigns create powerful messages that at times exploit developmental vulnerabilities and social inequality\, risking the health and well-being of recruits. \nChair\nDr Victoria Basham\, of Cardiff University\, is Editor-in-Chief of the Critical Military Studies journal (Taylor & Francis) which she also co-founded\, and co-editor of the Edinburgh University Press book series\, Advances in Critical Military Studies. Victoria is the President of the European International Studies Association. Her research focuses on issues of gender\, race\, class and sexuality in relation to militaries\, militarism and militarisation. \nSpeakers\nDr Guddi Singh\, is a paediatric doctor at the East London NHS Foundation Trust. She is the co-author of a forthcoming BMJ article written about Medact’s work on child recruitment to the military. She is a member of the Royal Society of Medicine Paediatrics and Child Health Section Council\, and recently presented a three part TV programme on BBC2 called ‘Babies: Their Wonderful World.’ \nRhianna Louise is co-author of the Selling the Military report\, with colleague Emma Sangster. She works on Education and Outreach at ForcesWatch. Rhianna researches and writes around military recruitment in the UK\, particularly the recruitment of young people\, and on human rights and ethics issues related to the military. She previously coordinated the publication and was the lead author of Medact’s report on health concerns about recruitment children into the military. \nRhiannon Spear is a law student\, and a Glasgow councillor with the Scottish National Party. In 2017 as National Convenor of Young Scots for Independence\, the youth wing of the SNP\, she led a successful motion to make raising the military recruitment age to 18 SNP party policy. Rhiannon is also the chair of the TIE campaign\, an organisation campaigning for LGBT-inclusive education in Scottish Schools. She is a passionate activist known for speaking out about inclusivity and systemic sexism. \nThe evening will open for a reception with refreshments at 6.30pm and we will begin the discussion at 7.00pm on Wednesday 27th February. The event will be recorded\, so please inform us if you would prefer not to be filmed or photographed. Copies of our new report will be available at the event. The venue is ramp accessible\, and there is an accessible toilet available by lift on the first floor. Please inform us if you need anything else to be able to attend this event. \nMedact is a global health charity that uses evidence-based campaigns to support health workers to take action on structural barriers to health equity and justice\, in an effort to bring about a world in which everyone can access their human right to health. \nForcesWatch is an independent research and campaigning organisation which scrutinises armed forces recruitment practices in the UK and challenges efforts to embed militarist values in civilian society. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/selling-the-military-a-critical-discussion-on-military-marketing-strategies/ LOCATION:Wesley’s Chapel & Leysian Mission\, 49 City Road\, London\, EC1Y 1AU\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Launches,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2019/02/P1-Front-cover.png ORGANIZER;CN="Medact":MAILTO:office@medact.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181108T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181108T213000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20181002T114958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181030T172415Z UID:16992-1541707200-1541712600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Migrant Access to Healthcare - The Hostile Environment in the NHS DESCRIPTION:NHS policies are having a devastating impact on migrant health. Patients who cannot prove they have the correct immigration status can be faced with charges of up to 150% of the cost of treatment before being given vital care\, and fear hospitals will share their data with the Home Office\, leading to their deportation. \nThese policies are penalising some of the most vulnerable people in our society\, including pregnant women and those fleeing torture\, and are forcing health workers to act as border guards. \nJoin public health charity Medact and New North London Synagogue’s Asylum Seeker Drop In to discuss this issue\, and the role of healthcare workers. \nSpeakers:\nUssumane\, an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau who has experienced the devastating impact of NHS charging policies first hand \nDiane Taylor\, Guardian Journalist and one of the founders of and volunteer at the NNLS Asylum Seeker Drop In \nJames Skinner\, Nurse and access to healthcare campaigner at Medact \nHosted by:\nDr Ben Eder\, Member of Medact Refugee Solidarity Group\, boger of Noam and leader at Our Second Home – a summer camp for teenage refugee and asylum seekers in the UK \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/migrant-access-to-healthcare-the-devastating-affects-of-the-hostile-environment-in-the-nhs/ LOCATION:New North London Synagogue\, 80 East End Road\, London\, N3 2SY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Meetings,Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180921T184500 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180922T230000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20180817T164250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180912T213503Z UID:16907-1537555500-1537657200@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Food for Thought DESCRIPTION:Join us for a dinner and speaker event organised in conjuction with Medact Glasgow and Medact Scotland. This will be a fantastic opportunity for Medact members\, supporters and newcomers from all around the UK to swap ideas and get to know each other. \nWe are delighted to have Director of Nourish Scotland Pete Ritchie join us to speak on the role of health workers in campaigning for food justice in Scotland. After this we will sit down for a dinner provided by local caterers Milk\, and hear from Medact members from around the UK about the work they have been doing this year. \nRegistration is £10\, which includes dinner. We are also looking into the possibility of some traditional Scottish music to finish the evening! \n  \n[Registration has now closed] \nDirections to Kinning Park Complex\nThe Kinning Park complex is conveniently located immediately adjacent to Kinning Park Underground station which can be reached coming from either Buchanan St [ for Queen St mainline] or St Enoch’s [for Central station]. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/glasgow-dinner/ LOCATION:Kinning Park Complex\, 43 Cornwall St\, Glasgow\, G41 1BA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180921T163000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180922T180000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20180725T123425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180912T224044Z UID:16824-1537547400-1537639200@www.medact.org SUMMARY:AGM Weekend 2018 DESCRIPTION:Medact’s 2018 Annual General Meeting will be held in Glasgow on the afternoon of 21st September. \nThe AGM will be followed by a dinner and speaker event organised with Medact Glasgow and Medact Scotland. This will be a fantastic opportunity for Medact members and supporters from all around the UK to swap ideas and get to know each other. \nThe following day\, on 22nd September\, we’ll be joining people from across the world for the ‘Nae Nukes Anywhere’ peace rally at the Faslane Nuclear Base – home to the UK’s Trident submarines. We’ll be providing transport from Glasgow for anyone who’d like to come. \nYou can register for any or all of the three events using the button below: \n\nClick here to register \nPapers for the AGM are now available below. \nSchedule\nFriday 21st September @ the Kinning Park Complex\, Glasgow\nAGM 2018\, 4.30 – 6pm\nThis is the main business meeting of Medact\, including reports on the year\, election of new Board members\, and voting on any motion proposals. All are welcome but only Medact members are eligible to vote. \nTalk & dinner\, 6.45 – 11pm\nIn the evening we are delighted to have Director of Nourish Scotland Pete Ritchie joining us to talk about Nourish’s work on food poverty\, and opportunities for health professionals to get involved with work on this issue. \nFollowing Pete’s talk we will sit down for dinner provided by local caterers Milk; and also hear more from Medact members about other areas of work this year\, and the significance of the demonstration on the Saturday. \nAfter dinner there will be an opportunity to enjoy some traditional Scottish music. \nSaturday 22nd September @ Faslane\, home of the UK’s Trident nuclear submarines\nOn the Saturday thousands we will join thousands of anti-nuclear campaigners from across the world in the International Peace March at Faslane. \nTransport will be provided for those that want it from central Glasgow\, leaving mid-morning for the march which starts at noon. \nAGM Papers\nAGM papers are now available to download as follows: \n\n\nMedact AGM 2018 – Agenda\n\n\nMedact AGM 2017 – Draft Minutes\n\n\nMedact Statement of Financial Activities for the period 1st Feb 2017 to 31st Jan 2018\n\n\nWe are delighted to announce the following nominations for election to the Board of Trustees: \nDr Margaret Jackson\nI am a GP in rural North Yorkshire in a small but busy practice with a large elderly population. I have been a partner for twenty three years. I am also a GP trainer and coordinate the medical student (Hull York Medical School) teaching in the practice. With psychotherapy colleagues I have been facilitating pioneering group work with people with long term conditions in order to enable people to be better able to take control of their health and well-being. I have been collaborating with researchers at Hull University on this work. \nI have all my adult life felt strongly about social justice and environmental sustainability. Over the past few years\, and in particular since attending the Medact conference “Healthy Planet\, Better World” in 2016\, I have become much clearer that I need to become active in the movement towards a fairer and more sustainable world. My colleague Angela Harvey and I launched Yorkshire Medact last year and have been involved in anti-fracking campaigns in Yorkshire and Lancashire. \nNow 55\, I am able to devote more of my energies to working with these issues as I reduce the time that I devote to the practice. I am keen to become more involved in Medact’s work as I see Medact as a far-sighted organisation that ‘punches above its weight’ in terms of what it achieves for its size. I believe that working with such a broad remit (peace and security\, climate and environment\, economic justice and human rights) crucially enables the links to be made between all these areas. For all these reasons I would be very interested in joining the Medact board. \nLesley Morrison\nLesley Morrison is a retired GP\, still involved  in medical student teaching\, who has been an active member of Medact since its inception and a member of MCANW prior to that. She has always felt passionately about the need to rid the world of nuclear weapons  and about the importance of Medact’s work to show that disarmament\, development\, human rights and concern for the environment are inextricably interlinked. \nLiving just south of Edinburgh\, she would represent the views of Medact Scotland. \nNeena Modi\nProfessor Neena Modi is a consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and professor of neonatal medicine at Imperial College London. She completed a three year term as president of the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in March 2018. She heads a major neonatal research programme focused on the perinatal determinants of lifelong health\, and led the development of the UK National Neonatal Research Database\, of which she is the current director. \nProfessor Modi has made many contributions to children’s services\, and has been at the forefront of reinvigorating the clinical research base of paediatrics and child health. During her career she has served\, among many other roles\, as president of the UK Neonatal Society\, president of the Academic Paediatrics Association of Great Britain and Ireland\, and chair of the British Medical Journal ethics committee. She is currently president-elect of the Medical Women’s Federation. \nKitty Mohan\nKitty is a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control based in London and Oxford. A medical doctor by background she completed Public Health training in London in March 2018 and was awarded a PhD in Epidemiology from King’s College London in 2016. \nShe is the President of the European Junior Doctor Association\, which represents the interests of 300\,000 junior doctors across Europe. She was a member of BMA Council from 2013-18\, has previously been Director of the BMA \,and was joint lead negotiator for junior doctor contract negotiations whilst Co-chair of the Junior Doctors Committee between 2013 and 2015. \nDirections to Kinning Park Complex\nThe Kinning Park complex is conveniently located immediately adjacent to Kinning Park Underground station which can be reached coming from either Buchanan St [ for Queen St mainline] or St Enoch’s [for Central station]. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/agm-2018/ LOCATION:Kinning Park Complex\, 43 Cornwall St\, Glasgow\, G41 1BA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Actions,Meetings,Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180906T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180906T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20180621T153510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180813T082050Z UID:16728-1536256800-1536267600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Homelessness\, Housing and Access to Healthcare DESCRIPTION:Join Medact Oxford to discuss issues surrounding Homelessness\, Housing and Access to Healthcare in the city and beyond. Hear from a panel of expert speakers in the field and connect with healthcare professionals from across the city to explore what role health workers can play in ensuring that homeless and vulnerably housed people can access healthcare. \nThe event will be in Lecture Theatre 1\, Academic Corridor\, John Radcliffe Hospital\, Headington\, Oxford OX3 9DU. \nSpeakers include:\n\nRobin Schafer\, GP from Luther Street Medical Centre – An award-winning GP surgery providing healthcare to people experiencing homelessness in Oxford City\nAlex Bax\, Chief Executive of Pathway – A homeless healthcare charity which helps to integrate NHS services\, bringing together teams of NHS\, local authority and voluntary sector professionals to improve healthcare for homeless people\n Mark Thompson – CEO Connection Support –  An organisation to help people facing complex life challenges including homelessness. It is engaged with the council Trailblazers programme to tackle the causes of homelessness and employs the embedded housing workers working in the trust.\nDave Scholes\, Housing Needs Manager at Oxford City Council\n\nOur panel will be chaired by Nicola Brimblecombe – Senior research at LSE with interests in unpaid care\, youth mental health\, health inequalities\, children’s and young people’s services and homelessness \nThis event is free and refreshments will be provided. Please register using the form below: \n  \n[Registration has now closed] URL:https://www.medact.org/event/homelessness-housing-and-access-to-healthcare/ LOCATION:John Radcliffe Hospital – Lecture Theatre 1\, Academic Corridor\, Headington\, Oxford\, OX3 9DU\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180701T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180701T140000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20180524T113533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200510T214810Z UID:16580-1530441000-1530453600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Climate Change\, Clean Air and Fossil Free Health – Why & how health professionals can use divestment as a powerful tool to fight climate change and protect health DESCRIPTION:Climate change threatens to undo decades’ worth of global health gains\, but the health community can help stop this. This event will explore the connections between climate change\, fossil fuels and human health. We’ll analyse why – and how – the health community can give crucial support to the fossil fuel divestment movement\, as it fights the root cause of climate change. \nYou’ll have an opportunity to give feedback on our Fossil Free Health campaign strategy – and to shape our activities and tactics going forward. We’ll also be planning some future actions – including an action to call out Shell for its dishonest ‘greenwashing’ at the ‘Shell Make the Future’ exhibition in July. \nAll levels of experience are welcome. We are also hoping to secure CPD accreditation for the event. \nFor more on the importance of divestment in the fight against climate change\, see our new blog by Fossil Free Health campaigner Deirdre Duff. \n\nRegister URL:https://www.medact.org/event/climate-change-clean-air-and-fossil-free-health-workshop/ LOCATION:Medact Office\, The Brick Yard\, 28 Charles Square\, London\, N1 6HT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures,Workshops ORGANIZER;CN="Deidre Duff":MAILTO:deirdreduff@medact.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180416T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180416T193000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20180327T142505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180327T142926Z UID:16398-1523901600-1523907000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:The Alternatives - Global Perspectives For Healthier Lives DESCRIPTION:In the UK and across the world\, neoliberal polices have had disastrous impact on health. In many places\, the influence of neoliberalism on policy has gone unquestioned. \nBut there are a number of inspiring examples of countries and approaches that are improving health by rejecting neoliberal ideas. \nThe current UK debate about neoliberalism and its alternatives needs to be informed by the experiences of others. In particular we need to learn from those that are doing things differently! \nJoin us on Monday 16th April for a panel debate including: \n\nSteinar Westin\, Professor of Public Health at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology\nErika Arteaga Cruz\, Health Activist with the People’s Health Movement Ecuador and the Latin American Association of Social Medicine\nJonathan Ashworth MP\, Shadow Secretary of State for Health\n\nThe event will launch The Alternatives\, a new report from Health Poverty Action which explores the themes of the debate. \nIt will also be the UK launch for Global Health Watch 5. Copies will be available to purchase for a special discounted price. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/the-alternatives-global-perspectives-for-healthier-lives/ LOCATION:Broadway House\, Tothill St\, Westminster\,\, London\, SW1H 9NQ CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2018/03/What-can-we-learn-from-around-the-world-to-improve-health_-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170614T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170614T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20170524T154645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170613T115529Z UID:14626-1497466800-1497474000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Launch of Medact Yorkshire - Fracking & the Role of the Local Health Community DESCRIPTION:This is the launch event for a new Yorkshire-based local group for Medact!\n\n\n \n\n\nThe event will include an introduction to Medact for newcomers\, a discussion on the role of the health community in responding to fracking at a local level (* speakers TBA *)\, and an opportunity to meet each other and discuss ideas for taking the group forward.\n\n\n \n\n\nAll are welcome – if you have an interest in health\, fracking and/or progressive social change\, please do join us.\n\n\n \n\n\nFor more info on the event please do contact Margaret Jackson or Angela Harley.\n\n\nProgramme\n7.00 – Welcome and introduction to Medact \n7.30 – Fracking – the Role of the Local Health Community \n8.30 – Group discussion – plans for taking the group forward \nSpeakers\n\nTim Thornton – Yorkshire GP\nLeigh Coghill – Frack Free URL:https://www.medact.org/event/launch-medact-yorkshire/ LOCATION:York University – HYMS Building – 1st Floor Meeting Room (107)\, Heslington\, York \, YO10 5DD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Launches,Meetings,Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2017/05/Medact-Yorkshire-launch-banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170514T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170514T193000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20170413T095326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170429T150053Z UID:14100-1494784800-1494790200@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Fossil Free Health Liverpool - divestment film and discussion DESCRIPTION:This is the last in a series of health focused events during Global Divestment Mobilisation week.  Please join us at the HUS bar\, Liverpool where organisers of fossil free health\, the health divestment campaign\, will discuss why now\, more than ever\, health institutions must divest fossil fuels.  Climate change is potentially the biggest threat to global health this century\, and health institutions must show leadership in saying we will not fund the industries that are driving the problem.   Two years ago we produced the groundbreaking report Unhealthy Investments\, which has influenced health divestment decisions in countries around the world.   At this event we’ll be presenting a new report that profiles some of those case studies\, and outlines how to undertake the divestment process. \nSpeakers will discuss: \n\nThe health impacts of climate change\, \nWhat divestment means for action on climate change\, \nWhat the campaign has achieved so far\, \nand how you can get involved!    \n\nSpeakers include Eliot Waterhouse\, fossil free health campaigner at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine\,  Dr Geraint Davies\, University of Liverpool\, and Alice Munro\, Fossil Free Health coordinator\, Medact. \nSpaces are limited so please RSVP below. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/divest-fossil-fuels-liverpool/ LOCATION:HUS bar\, HUS Tempest Building\, 12 Tithebarn Street\, Liverpool\, L2 2DT\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2013/11/fossilfreehealth-redcross-crop1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Alice Munro":MAILTO:alicemunro@medact.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170510T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170510T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20170413T101408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170429T150611Z UID:14115-1494442800-1494448200@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Fossil Free Health Bristol - divestment film and discussion DESCRIPTION:It’s Global Divestment Mobilisation week\, and Medact\, together with Medsin and Healthy Planet\, are running a series of events to discuss why now\, more than ever\, health institutions must divest fossil fuels.  Climate change is potentially the biggest threat to global health this century\, and health institutions must show leadership in saying we will not fund the industries that are driving the problem.   Two years ago Medact and partners produced the groundbreaking report Unhealthy Investments\, which has influenced health divestment decisions in countries around the world.   At this event we’ll be presenting a new report that profiles some of those case studies\, and outlines how to undertake the divestment process. \nSpeakers will discuss: \n\nThe health impacts of climate change\,\nWhat divestment means for action on climate change\, \nWhat the campaign has achieved so far\,\nand how you can get involved!    \n\nThe event will be hosted by Mia Thomas\, director of Healthy Planet.  Speakers include Green Party Councillor Carla Denyer\, and Stephen Le Fanu\, Fossil Free Bristol. \nPlease RSVP below. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/fossil-free-health-bristol-fossil-fuel-divestment-film-discussion/ LOCATION:Wills Memorial Building\, University of Bristol\, Queens Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1RJ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2013/11/fossilfreehealth-redcross-crop1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170509T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170509T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20170413T101400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170429T150020Z UID:14118-1494358200-1494363600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Fossil Free Health Edinburgh - divestment film and discussion DESCRIPTION:It’s Global Divestment Mobilisation week\, and Medact\, together with Medsin and Healthy Planet\, are running a series of events to discuss why now\, more than ever\, health institutions must divest fossil fuels.  Climate change is potentially the biggest threat to global health this century\, and health institutions must show leadership in saying we will not fund the industries that are driving the problem.   Two years ago Medact and partners produced the groundbreaking report Unhealthy Investments\, which has influenced health divestment decisions in countries around the world.   At this event we’ll be presenting a new report that profiles some of those case studies\, and outlines how to undertake the divestment process. \nSpeakers will discuss: \n\nThe health impacts of climate change\,\nWhat divestment means for action on climate change\, \nWhat the campaign has achieved so far\,\nand how you can get involved!    \n\nThe event will be hosted by Eleanor Dow\, medical student and former Director of Healthy Planet\,  Speakers include Ric Lander\, Divest Lothian\, with further speakers TBA. \nPlease RSVP below. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/fossil-free-health-edinburgh-fossil-fuel-divestment-film-discussion/ LOCATION:Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House\, 7 Victoria Terrace\, Edinburgh\, EH1 2JL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2013/11/fossilfreehealth-redcross-crop1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Eleanor Dow":MAILTO:ele.dow@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170313T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170313T200000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20170228T115847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170228T115847Z UID:13726-1489429800-1489435200@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Lancet Countdown: Panel discussion DESCRIPTION:On the 13th of March\, the Lancet Countdown will be hosting a panel discussion in London\, bringing together a range of global tracking initiatives to discuss how they can work together\, track progress on the Paris agreement\, and ultimately hold governments to account.  \nSpeakers at this panel debate will include:  \n\nProfessor Anthony Costello\, Department of Maternal\, Newborn\, Child and Adolescent Health at the World Health Organization \nProfessor Peng Gong\, Director of the Centre for Earth System Science at Tsinghua Centre\nDr Rishma Maini\, Senior Disaster Risk Reduction Public Health Registrar in Global Public Health at Public Health England \nDr Joy Shumake-Guillemot\, Head of Joint WHO-WMO Office on Climate and Health\n\nThe event will be held in association with Imperial College London and is free for all to attend via the eventbrite page  URL:https://www.medact.org/event/lancet-countdown-panel-discussion/ LOCATION:308 Huxley Building\, Imperial College London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:External,Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170208T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170208T200000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20170131T111920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170207T095355Z UID:13024-1486578600-1486584000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Panel Debate on Overconsumption vs. Overpopulation - KCL Sustainability Week DESCRIPTION:What is the true driver of environmental\, social and economic disorder in the 21st century?\nThe world is confronted with a multitude of environmental\, social and economic challenges. \nHow do we contain global warming? How do we feed\, provide for and educate the 10\, 11 or even 12 billion people expected this century? And what about biodiversity? Surely\, the fishes\, insects and animals need a home too? After all\, they were here first. \nIt is unquestionable that a rapidly growing global population places additional pressures on our ecosystems\, communities and politics. But is mitigating the above challenges merely a question of reducing or stabilising population growth? Or is challenging and changing our consumptive ways the answer\, particularly as we are consuming more resources than in any other time in the history of civilization? \nIs there room for 12 billion to thrive if we change our diet\, switch to renewable energy across the globe or implement genuinely progressive reforms to wealth redistribution and land access? \nAddressing these questions with evidence\, compassion and an open-mind will be key to ensuring a stable planet with thriving citizens for centuries to come. \nWe encourage you join us as and a diverse panel of speakers as we get to grips with one of the defining issues of our time in one of our headline events for Sustainability Week 2017. \nThe event will be chaired by Olivia Preston\, Operations Sustainability Manager at King’s and panellists include: \n\nAsad Rehman – Senior Climate Campaigner\, Friends of the Earth\nKate Raworth – Author of Doughnut Economics and Visiting Research Associate\, Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute\nAlistair Currie – Head of Campaigns\, Population Matters\nDavid Powell – Environment Lead\, New Economics Foundation\n\nEntry is on a first come\, first serve basis. \nFor details of other events happening during Sustainability Week\, please visit our blog: \nhttp://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/sustainability/week/ URL:https://www.medact.org/event/panel-debate-overconsumption-vs-overpopulation-kcl-sustainability-week/ LOCATION:King’s College London – Strand Building\, Strand\, London\, WC2R 2LS\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:External,Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20161209T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161209T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20161130T134402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T154258Z UID:12904-1481310000-1481315400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Are we still in the Age of Stupid? DESCRIPTION:The Age of Stupid was an award-winning film made in 2009. Set in 2055\, in a world ravaged by catastrophic climate change\, an archivist (Pete Postlethwaite) reviews archival footage back “when we could have saved ourselves”\, trying to discern where it all went wrong. Seven years on from the film’s release\, do we still need to ask if we are living in ‘the age of stupid?’\nJoin Age of Stupid producer Lizzie Gillet\, Guardian’s environment editor John Vidal\, Chief Executive of London Cycling Campaign Ashok Sinha\, and The Grantham Institute for Climate Change’s Professor Joanna Haigh\, to review  clips from the original film and explore the question – Are we still in the Age of Stupid?\n\n\n     URL:https://www.medact.org/event/are-we-still-in-the-age-of-stupid/ CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160704T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160704T200000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20160630T124358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T151919Z UID:12897-1467655200-1467662400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Tracking Health Through Peace DESCRIPTION:Medact and Queen Mary University London (QMUL) are holding an event called ‘Tracking Health Through Peace‘ on July 4.\n The panel discussion and Q&A will be held at the Morris Lecture Theatre in the Robin Brooke Centre\, from 6-8pm. We are offering a limited number of free tickets to people who email us at healthpeace@medact.org ! The discussion will be based around the latest report from the Global Peace Index\, which is the world’s pre-eminent think tank measuring peace. There is a growing global inequality in peace\, and low peace levels have a profound impact on health systems and health indicators. Academics and campaigners working on peace and health will be tying in this latest research on peace levels with national health indicators. They will also discuss the development and importance of the movement for peace in the health community. \nSpeakers:\n\n\nHelen Tanner\, Global Peace Index Ambassador\n\n\nDr Frank Boulton\, Medact trustee and medical academic\n\n\nDr Helen Leveret\, Medact Refugee Solidarity Group\n\n\nBen Clavey\, Medact Arms Control Group\n\n\nChaired by Dr Jonathan Kennedy from Queen Mary University London (QMUL) \n To register\, please visit: https://www.tickettailor.com/buy-tickets/57950/6ae6 An event poster is also available: here Please do promote this event in any way you can – on social media or via your various networks. We use #healthpeace for all Health Through Peace events and campaigns. URL:https://www.medact.org/event/tracking-health-through-peace/ CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160316T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160316T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20160228T134354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T151914Z UID:12883-1458153000-1458160200@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Killing for Peace - launch of Medact Brighton DESCRIPTION:Chair: Centre for applied Philosophy\, Politics and Ethics\, University of Brighton Speaker 1. (Veterans for Peace) Modern war on the ground Speaker 2. (Brighton University) Modern war from the air Speaker 3. (Doctors of the World) What we do to survivors who escape to the UK Speaker 4. (Medact) Modern wars – Syria: more like Vietnam than Spain We are in a state of permanent war across the Middle East punctuated by sporadic atrocities against Western populations. This has already lasted more than 13 years\, and is spreading. The death\, damage and displacement are immense and distributed across the globe\, from Ramadi to London to Raqqa to Paris. It afflicts civilians\, particularly children and women\, but also those whose idealism and patriotism are abused in service of these misconceived conflicts. Western leaders have no rational plan to end the carnage. Indeed their every invasion\, bombing\, drone attack and arms sale adds to the disaster. We need a rational and humane way out of these blind alleys. We need to tell our leaders in terms they can’t ignore – too much is more than enough. Stop deluding yourselves and misleading us. Killing for peace won’t work. Most of us have sat through too many meetings harangued or anaesthetised by too many speakers. The audience will be given as much time as possible to contribute practical proposals; up to half the meeting will be given over to the floor. Please bring your ideas and energy. Book your ticket here! URL:https://www.medact.org/event/killing-for-peace/ CATEGORIES:Launches,Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160204T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160204T190000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20160130T133528Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T151913Z UID:12882-1454612400-1454612400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Medact Newcastle - Tax & Health DESCRIPTION:Medact Tyneside and Medsin present Taxing Health a lecture by Dr Guddi Singh on The Relationship Between Tax and Human Health. Dr Guddi Singh is a Medact member\, now training in Paediatrics in London. She has a Masters Degree in Public Health from Harvard University and has previously worked with the World Health Organisation. She is passionate about social justice\, human health and challenging barriers to access to health. \n– \n Thursday 4th February at 7.00 pm Barbara Strang Teaching Centre G.36 Queen Victoria Road\, Newcastle All welcome ~ Admission free URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-newcastle-tax-health/ CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20151113T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20151113T194500 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20151030T123945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T151911Z UID:12877-1447439400-1447443900@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Health Through Peace Lecture - John Ashton and Andrew Feinstein DESCRIPTION:To close the first day of the Health Through Peace forum\, Medact is honoured to present an evening with Andrew Feinstein\, former South African MP and author of ‘The Shadow World’\, and John Ashton CBE (independent activist and ex-UK climate envoy). Together\, they will be discussing the state of global security with a particular focus on how the health community can respond to war\, militarisation and ecological collapse. Buy your tickets for the Health Through Peace lecture here. Those with Friday or Two-Day tickets to Health Through Peace do not need to buy an extra ticket for this lecture. Buy your full-access tickets for the Health Through Peace forum here. – Andrew Feinstein is a South African writer and campaigner and Executive Director of Corruption Watch. He was a facilitator in the constitutional negotiations process that led to the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994\, when he was elected an ANC Member of Parliament. He served as an MP for over seven years before resigning in protest when the Public Accounts Committee was prohibited from investigating a massive arms deal tainted by allegations of high-level corruption. Andrew will be showing exclusive clips from ‘The Shadow World’\, directed by Johan Grimonprez\, which will be released early next year. The Shadow World is a feature documentary that exposes the secretive and corrupt world of the international arms trade; examining how it determines foreign and economic policies\, and undermines democracy. The film follows Feinstein’s book The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade which has gained international acclaim. Andrew’s Biography: http://www.cw-uk.org/the-team-2/ ‘The Shadow World’: http://www.theshadowworldbook.com/ John Ashton is an independent speaker and activist. His interventions range widely over politics\, economics\, diplomacy\, and culture but a particular focus is climate change. He is an outspoken critic of the effort currently under way to open up the UK for fracking and unconventional gas. From 2006-12 he served as Special Representative for Climate Change for three successive UK Foreign Secretaries. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Post Crash Economics\, the growing movement among economics students to challenge the dominance of neoclassical economic teaching in universities. John will call on those who work in medicine and health to be more assertive and effective as a political force\, drawing on their professional values of compassion and commitment to the public interest. We are becoming locked into a condition that treats people as if they live in economies not societies; pretends that resource-intensive economic “efficiency” is the only true virtue; and attaches no inherent value to peace and justice. We will only escape from this condition if communities currently outside mainstream politics find their voices. Only in that way can we build a solid basis for peaceful cooperation and avoid a descent\, driven by increasingly unmanageable events\, into a world of conflict. John’s Biography: http://www.e3g.org/people/john-ashton URL:https://www.medact.org/event/health-peace-lecture-john-ashton-andrew-feinstein/ CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150330T184500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150330T194500 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20150228T123940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T151906Z UID:12873-1427741100-1427744700@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Ebola - An epidemic waiting to happen again DESCRIPTION:The Ebola epidemic that has gripped the attention of the international community for months now\, raising an inordinate amount of fear in the West and prompting new offerings of aid and support to the three stricken countries of Sierra Leone\, Liberia and Guinea. In the United States\, billions of dollars have been spent on security and surveillance systems in order to protect the American population\, while pharmaceutical giants are enjoying the benefits of new research funding to produce treatments and vaccines against the disease. But with minimal medical facilities and staff\, little access to sanitation or clean water\, and poor education\, the current Ebola epidemic was a tragedy waiting to happen in three countries where health indicators have always been appalling. The region’s history of conflict and war; and the ravaging and degradation of the environment are critical factors in the causal pathway of these epidemics which have received little or zero attention. Dr David McCoy is the Director of MEDACT and a senior academic at the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health at Queen Mary University\, London. He spent ten years in South Africa as a clinician and in the field of public health and health systems development\, and speaks and publishes widely on issues of global health. He will argue that the international health community’s response to Ebola remains short-sighted and will ultimately fail unless we get to grips with the social\, political and economic pathologies that plague the African continent. Medact Director Dr David McCoy  will be giving a talk on The Ebola crisis on the 30th of March for La Monde Diplomatique.  URL:https://www.medact.org/event/ebola-epidemic-waiting-happen/ CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150225T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150225T193000 DTSTAMP:20260409T150525 CREATED:20170130T123939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T151848Z UID:12872-1424887200-1424892600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Global Health Justice Lecture - The pharmaceutical industry\, TTIP and health DESCRIPTION: 5th Lecture: The pharmaceutical industry\, TTIP and health\n   Date: Weds 25th Feburary Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Location: The Bainbridge Room on the second floor of the Robin Brook Centre – Queen Mary University at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital followed by The Rising Sun pub at 7:30pm (more details below).   In this fifth lecture Deborah Cohen\, Investigations editor at the BMJ and Dairmaid McDonald\, Advocacy Manager at STOPAIDS and Dr Courtney Davis from KCL will be discussing the impact of pharmaceutical companies\, trade agreements and international markets on health in the UK and overseas.   Chaired by Dr David McCoy (QMUL & Medact)   Directions: Enter St Bartholomew’s Hospital through the main entrance to reach the courtyard and turn right. When you reach the building\, do not walk straight ahead into the building\, but turn left into the small alley. The entrance to the Robin Brook Centre is via the steps in the alley. We usually head to The Rising Sun pub for drinks and discussion afterwards at 7:30 so please do come along if you want to meet the team and find out more about Medact and our work.   https://globalhealthjustice.wordpress.com/ – Dr Deborah Cohen (BMJ)  Deborah Cohen is currently investigations editor at BMJ. She graduated from Manchester University having studied medicine with French. Prior to graduating she took an intercalated degree in journalism at Westminster University and worked on a newspaper in Ghana covering health issues. After qualifying\, Deborah became editor of the Student BMJ and started to report for the BMJ from places such as the West Bank and Kenya. She subsequently became editor of an academic section of the BMJ before becoming the first features editor. After collaborations with Channel 4 News and the Cochrane Collaboration\, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Panorama\, the BMJ decided to have a dedicated investigative journalism post. Deborah has since worked with the Centre of Evidence Based Medicine at Oxford University\, Newsnight and Dispatches covering a range of issues from drug and device regulation to buried data and conflicts of interest. Diarmaid McDonald\, Advocacy Manager (STOPAIDS) Joined STOPAIDS in January 2010 where he currently leads the campaigning and advocacy work on the financing of the AIDS response and access to medicines. Diarmaid also helps to coordinate the activities of our members and plays a supporting role in the work of our partners at the Student Stop AIDS Campaign. You can read more about STOPAIDS reasons for taking part in the anti TTIP day of action by clicking here. Dr Courtney Davis (KCL)  Courtney is a medical and political sociologist with broad research interests in the intersections of science and technology policy\, business regulation and public health. For over ten years she has undertaken empirically-based\, policy relevant international comparative research investigating the socio-political\, economic\, cultural and scientific factors underlying trends in regulation and the implications of current techno-scientific standards for public\, patient and worker health in relation to two distinct fields of inquiry: pharmaceuticals and occupational health and safety.   Global Health Justice (GHJ) is a new public lecture and discussion series organised by the London-based charity Medact and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) focusing on the socio-political determinants of health. GHJ aims to bring a strong social science and humanities perspective to global health and provide a space for students\, campaigners and academics to discuss\, debate and exchange ideas that will challenge and push forward both research and policy.JTNDZGl2JTIwc3R5bGUlM0QlMjJ3aWR0aCUzQTEwMCUyNSUzQiUyMHRleHQtYWxpZ24lM0FsZWZ0JTNCJTIyJTIwJTNFJTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyJTJGJTJGZXZlbnRicml0ZS5jby51ayUyRnRpY2tldHMtZXh0ZXJuYWwlM0ZlaWQlM0QxNTcxMjQ0MDMzMiUyNnJlZiUzRGV0Y2t0JTIyJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyMjE0JTIyJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjIxMDAlMjUlMjIlMjB2c3BhY2UlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTIwaHNwYWNlJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMG1hcmdpbmhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjUlMjIlMjBtYXJnaW53aWR0aCUzRCUyMjUlMjIlMjBzY3JvbGxpbmclM0QlMjJhdXRvJTIyJTIwYWxsb3d0cmFuc3BhcmVuY3klM0QlMjJ0cnVlJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNFJTNDZGl2JTIwc3R5bGUlM0QlMjJmb250LWZhbWlseSUzQUhlbHZldGljYSUyQyUyMEFyaWFsJTNCJTIwZm9udC1zaXplJTNBMTBweCUzQiUyMHBhZGRpbmclM0E1cHglMjAwJTIwNXB4JTNCJTIwbWFyZ2luJTNBMnB4JTNCJTIwd2lkdGglM0ExMDAlMjUlM0IlMjB0ZXh0LWFsaWduJTNBbGVmdCUzQiUyMiUyMCUzRSUzQ2ElMjBzdHlsZSUzRCUyMmNvbG9yJTNBJTIzZGRkJTNCJTIwdGV4dC1kZWNvcmF0aW9uJTNBbm9uZSUzQiUyMiUyMHRhcmdldCUzRCUyMl9ibGFuayUyMiUyMGhyZWYlM0QlMjJodHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LmV2ZW50YnJpdGUuY28udWslMkZyJTJGZXRja3QlMjIlM0VTZWxsJTIwVGlja2V0cyUyME9ubGluZSUzQyUyRmElM0UlMjAlM0NzcGFuJTIwc3R5bGUlM0QlMjJjb2xvciUzQSUyM2RkZCUzQiUyMiUzRXRocm91Z2glM0MlMkZzcGFuJTNFJTIwJTNDYSUyMHN0eWxlJTNEJTIyY29sb3IlM0ElMjNkZGQlM0IlMjB0ZXh0LWRlY29yYXRpb24lM0Fub25lJTNCJTIyJTIwdGFyZ2V0JTNEJTIyX2JsYW5rJTIyJTIwaHJlZiUzRCUyMmh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZXZlbnRicml0ZS5jby51ayUzRnJlZiUzRGV0Y2t0JTIyJTNFRXZlbnRicml0ZSUzQyUyRmElM0UlM0MlMkZkaXYlM0UlM0MlMkZkaXYlM0U= URL:https://www.medact.org/event/global-health-justice-lecture-pharmaceutical-industry-ttip-health/ CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR