Health Versus Wealth? UK economic policy and public health during COVID-19
In this new briefing, our Economic Justice & Health Group shine a light on the UK government’s assumption that the health of the public and the economy are in tension.
Health Versus Wealth? UK Economic Policy and Public Health During COVID-19
The pandemic has taken a massive toll on both lives and livelihoods in the UK. Yet this outcome could have been prevented.
Medact Research Network – Big Meeting
We are planning an all-MRN meeting to share updates from our different research streams, consider our progress in the last year and think ahead for how to build the network in 2021
Economic Justice & Health January Planning Meeting
Planning meeting for members of the Economic Justice & Health Group. If you’re interested in joining please email siddharthamehta@medact.orgHealthy housing is a human right
Children and families who are experiencing homelessness are facing severe risk, risk that has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. There is an urgent need to address the lack of adequate and decent temporary accommodation, and add capacity to the health system...Emergency Financial Protection
As a resurgence of COVID-19 cases threatens to undermine the success of the new tiered-restriction system, 12 of the UK’s leading public health organisations have written to the Prime Minister urging him to address the financial barriers currently undermining...Always Was, Always Will Be
Medact member, Dr Max Thoburn, discusses the connection between Indigenous Australian struggles for land rights and battles against health inequality.
Economic Justice & Health November briefing call
Economic Justice & Health briefing call on our Just Response to COVID-19 campaign
Economic Justice & Health Group: Research Meeting
Our Economic Justice & Health Group’s research working group will be meeting on Monday 9th November, 19:00 – 19:30. To find out how to join their online meeting, please email office@medact.org You can join our Economic Justice & Health Group by...Protecting renters now can help us minimise a second covid-19 wave
In this new piece, Daniel Carter, Medact member and research fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, discusses the need for greater protections for renters as a public health measure to prevent a second wave of COVID-19. The piece is also...Daniel Carter: Protecting renters now can help us minimise a second covid-19 wave
Daniel Carter, an Epidemiologist and member of our Economic Justice & Health Group, wrote in the BMJ about why protecting renters will help us minimise the public health impact of a second wave of COVID-19.
Annual Report 2019/20
Our 2020 Annual Report provides an overview of our work and direction in the last year, including how this has pivoted in response to the coronavirus pandemic.