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Blood transfusion services in the wake of the humanitarian and health crisis following multiple detonations of nuclear weapons
The nuclear detonations in August 1945 at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (at 16 and 21 Kt equivalent respectively) killed at least 110,000 citizens immediately: an estimated further 130,000 died by the […]
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Mental Health Policy in Iraq since 2003
(updated 2012) This report provides a case study of the post-conflict rehabilitation of services and development of mental health policy following the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It illustrates common […]
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Drones – the physical and psychological implications of a global theatre of war
On October 13th 2012, Medact released its report “Drones: the physical and psychological implications of a global theatre of war“. In the past decade, there has been an exponential increase […]
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Rehabilitation Under Fire – health care in Iraq 2003-7
‘A little understood, unfamiliar war’ – US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, resignation speech, November 8, 2006 Medact’s five earlier Iraq reports presented data on health and health services, and thus […]
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Britain’s New Nuclear Weapons – illegal, indiscriminate, and catastrophic for health
In the foreward to the White Paper on ‘The Future of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Deterrent’ presented to Parliament on December 4th the Prime Minister says he ‘is confident that […]
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Enduring Effects of War – health in Iraq 2004
This evidence-based report analyses from a public health perspective the impact on health and health services of the 2003 war on Iraq, and the country’s ensuing political and security crisis. It builds […]
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Continuing Collateral Damage – the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq
“The health consequences of the 2003 war on Iraq will be felt by the Iraqi people for years, even generations.” This report assesses the impact of the 2003 war on the environment […]
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Collateral Damage – the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq
This report was released in November 2002, months before the US led invasion of Iraq. Regrettably, many of the conclusions and predictions made in the report became reality. Executive Summary […]