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Emergency Protest – UK Doctors & Nurses in Solidarity With Syria
Healthcare workers of the UK: grab your uniforms and activate the power of your voice. The bloodshed must stop now. Join Medact for a solidarity action at Parliament Square next Saturday where we hope to add our voices to the demands of the Syrian and the international humanitarian and medical community.
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Doug Weir – “Our Generation’s Opportunity to Enhance Environmental Protection in Conflict”
Download slides Speaker bio From Session D1 – Conflict and Displacement
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The Recruitment of Children by the UK Armed Forces – a critique from health professionals
This report considers the long-term impacts of the British military’s recruitment of children under the age of 18, presents evidence linking ‘serious health concerns’ with the policy, and calls for a […]
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The Man Who Saved The World – film screening by Medact Tyneside
A film screening organised by Medact Tyneside. Tickets £5. For more details, see the event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/484547781735762/ Or contact Elizabeth Waterston.
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A call on St George’s Hospital Trust to respect migrants’ rights to care
Within the UK, over the past decade or more, we have witnessed a movement toward increasingly restrictive policy around entitlement to healthcare for those without a defined immigration status. This […]
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The Arms Trade
The international arms trade is in direct opposition to efforts to protect and pursue the health of our world and its inhabitants.
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New report on the Recruitment of Children by the UK Armed Forces
Medact’s new report on the long-term impacts of the British military’s recruitment of children under the age of 18, presents evidence linking ‘serious health concerns’ with the policy, and calls […]
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Risking their Health – Children in the Armed Forces
Speakers include: Joe Glenton (Afghanistan veteran, author of ‘Soldier Box’, and journalist) Sally Slotowitz (a psychologist, and an author of the report, David Gee (Author of ‘Spectacle, Reality and Resistance: […]
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Letter from one GP to another – a personal plea to Dr Liam Fox MP to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia
What follows is the text of a letter sent by Medact Member and trainee GP Sarah Alhulail to Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for International Trade, and a former […]
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Health Through Peace Movement
Health Through Peace is a community working to bring a stronger health voice into the peace movement. We are working with Health Through Peace partner organisations, peace campaigners and health activists to build […]
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Medics call for an end to arms sales to Saudi
UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been directly involved in the destruction of Yemen’s health system and the targeting of hospitals and other health facilities in Yemen. On Wednesday […]