Securitisation of Health
A number of policing and counter-extremism measures are embedded by the government into UK health services, at times requiring health workers to work closely with the police and other security agencies. In the case of the Prevent duty in the NHS, health workers are...False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare
False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare is a new Medact report, written by Medact Research Manager Dr. Hilary Aked. The report examines the implementation and impacts of the Prevent duty in the NHS, looking at the interaction between the...Out of sight ─ facing coronavirus incarcerated
Campaigns Assistant, Aiyan Maharasingam, explores the hidden health crises facing those held in the UK prisons and detention centres during the coronavirus pandemic.
Medact Research Network: Peace & Security Research Meeting
The Medact Research Network will be convening for a Peace & Security research meeting on Wednesday 15 July, 6.30pm – 8.00pm. Further details on how to join the meeting will be posted shortly. If you have any questions, please email Hilary, our Research...False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare (report launch)
We are excited to be able to invite you to an online launch of our latest report ‘False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare’. This report brings together new research that seeks to shed light on the implications of the Prevent duty in UK...Medact Research Network
At Medact, we strongly believe in the importance of research for informing how best to act to secure our collective health. One of our biggest strengths as a movement is the knowledge and expertise of our members. That’s why we’re launching a Medact Research Network....Nuclear Weapons Group: Meeting
The Nuclear Weapons Group will be meeting online on Thursday 4th June from 11:00am to 12:30pm. If you are interested in joining, please email reemabuhayyeh@medact.org.Policing the pandemic
Medact campaigns assistant, Aiyan Maharasingam, examines whether the police are an appropriate instrument of public health policy during the coronavirus pandemic.
From exclusion to international solidarity ─ the public health case for lifting trade sanctions in the face of COVID-19
Medact Campaign Assistant, Aiyan Maharasingam, looks at international trade sanctions and the impacts they are having upon public health systems during the coronavirus crisis.
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...Responding to coronavirus ─ intersections with war, militarised violence and the arms industry
Medact Peace & Security Campaigner Reem Abu-Hayyeh looks at the legacies of war and militarised violence, their impacts on countries’ ability to respond to coronavirus, and how the UK could act to right injustices.