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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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The Lancet editorial on Kashmir: Letter of support from Medact, PHM-NA and PHM-UK
We sent a letter with the People’s Health Movements North America and UK to The Lancet, showing support for their editorial on Kashmir published in August 2019 on the consequences of India revoking Article 370.
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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.
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Medact Gathering 2020 [POSTPONED]
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After careful consideration and consultation, we have now decided to postpone our upcoming Health Justice conference in light of the current situation regarding Coronavirus.
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Medact Dorset Autumn Meeting
Details of our next meeting on the evening of Thursday 21st November
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IPPNW World Congress XXIII: Disarmament, Development and Health [POSTPONED]
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Sadly the IPPNW 23rd World Congress in Mombasa, Kenya has had to be postponed. New dates have not yet been set as we will be monitoring the worldwide health situation.
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On Tasers, policing and imagining new responses to violence
With the recent announcement of Tasers being made more widely available for use by the police in the UK, black feminist organiser and Global Health postgraduate Sarah Lasoye argues that the health community must take notice.
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“Do No Harm” – Medact meeting on war, arms trade & health
We held a meeting on 30 September 2019 to discuss the intersections between health, war, the arms trade and human rights.
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By supporting arms sales, our government abets murder
With the DSEI arms fair underway, Daniel Flecknoe and Dr Ahmed Razavi outline the public health impacts of armed conflict, and argue that the UK government’s sale of arms to countries such as Saudi Arabia makes them an accessory to war crimes.