Training in the documentation of evidence of torture
In association with the Medact Preventing Torture initiative, the Global Health Section of the Royal Society of Medicine will be hosting a series of training sessions for clinicians who are […]
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Forum 2014 – Health In Action
This year’s forum, chaired by Gill Walt, Emeritus Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a long term Patron of Medact, was in partnership with Health […]
How Nearly Everything in Dr Strangelove is True, and What We Need to Do About It – with Eric Schlosser
Details: The risks and consequences associated with nuclear weapons are much higher than previously acknowledged. Investigative journalist and author Eric Schlosser will describe some of the findings in his book Command and […]
Take A Stand
A tribute to Manning, Assange and Snowden, organised and sponsored by Italian sculptor Davide Dormino and his supporters, Charles Glass, Laure Boulay, Marco Benagli and Jean Michel Boissier. This evening of […]
Contagion of fear – Ebola and future global health security responses
Part of the Global Health Advocacy seminar series held by the Royal College of Physicians and the Alma Mata Global Health Network, this seminar will address the current Ebola crisis […]
Human Rights and Health Care at the Bleeding Edge
We live in a world where people’s basic human rights are being denied on an extraordinary scale. This raises immediate questions: who should try to do what about it? […]
Global Health Justice Lecture – Conflict and Health
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 […]
Launch of Unhealthy Investments report – Should health organisations divest from fossil fuels?
– This event is taking place to mark the public release of a report about the case for divestment from fossil fuels by the UK health community, including representative […]
How to lobby the European Parliament and TTIP with Jude Kirton-Darling MEP (North East)
A meeting to discuss lobbying the European Parliament about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Fossil Free Health – Global Divestment Day
Are you a health professional? Are you concerned about climate change? Are you wondering what you can do about the global health emergency? On Saturday 14th February thousands […]