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Responding to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into stark relief the serious health inequalities that exist both in the UK and across the world. In response we have seen incredible kindness, and witnessed all kinds of actions to both serve our both communities immediate needs, and to tackle some of the inequalities that threaten to worsen the…
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To fight this pandemic, we must radically re-imagine public health
Our public health is only as strong as our economic and social fabric.
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The Social Justice Approach to Coronavirus
In this time of crisis, we need to keep the attention to public health measures that aren’t only good to control the virus outbreak but also extend to ensure that justice and protection is provided to those who are in the most vulnerable and precarious situations in our society.
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Healthcare workers should call for a health centred budget
Read our Economic Justice Campaigner Siddhartha in BMJ Opinion, expanding on our case for a health centred budget in response to the findings of the Marmot 10-year review.
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Marmot 2020: Health workers call for a Health and Wellbeing Budget
The findings of the recent Marmot review throw into stark relief the health inequalities caused by austerity. It links choices made in our economic, social and political system to negative and avoidable health outcomes.
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10 reasons Medact’s #HealthJustice Gathering is the place to be as a student
Before deadline and exam season starts, come to #HealthJustice 2020 to enhance your campaign knowledge and research skills, whist also discovering the fabulous city of Birmingham.
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Medact Gathering 2020
Join us for our 2020 gathering to explore the interlinked societal and political structures which damage health and how health workers can use their skills and their social mandate to create change for good.
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What do we mean when we say #HumanRightToHealth?
Hear the Medact team explain how our vision for a human right to health forms a common thread through all our work areas.
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Help us realise a human right to health
We need your help to build our dynamic movement of health workers and activists
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2019 Manifesto Analysis
It’s election time, so we’ve been poring over the manifestos from all the major parties to see how they stack up against the aims of our different campaigns and work areas.