• IPPNW World Congress: Disarmament, Climate Crisis and Health – Mombasa

    IPPNW World Congress: Disarmament, Climate Crisis and Health – Mombasa

    Medact is the UK’s affiliate to The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) – a non-partisan global federation of medical organisations dedicated to research, education, and advocacy […]


  • Nuclear Weapons Group Meeting

    Nuclear Weapons Group Meeting

    Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work to address war, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health.


  • Nuclear Weapons Group Meeting

    Nuclear Weapons Group Meeting

    Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work to address war, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health.


  • Nuclear Weapons Group Meeting

    Nuclear Weapons Group Meeting

    Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work to address war, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health.


  • Nuclear Weapons Group Meeting

    Nuclear Weapons Group Meeting

    Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work to address war, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health.


  • Securitisation of Health group meeting

    Securitisation of Health group meeting

    A meeting for those involved with, and interested in, Medact’s work on the securitisation of health.


  • Securitisation of Health group meeting

    Securitisation of Health group meeting

    A meeting for those involved with, and interested in, Medact’s work on the securitisation of health.


  • Preventing torture – how threats to press freedom threaten world peace

    Frank Boulton reflects on the health community’s duty of care to those harmed by torture and oppression at the hands of the state, and what the treatment of Julian Assange means for those exercising press freedom in an ever more authoritarian landscape.


  • The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – where it stands after the 2022 Review Conference

    The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – where it stands after the 2022 Review Conference

    Medact and Nuclear Weapons Group member Frank Boulton on last week’s 10th Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, where after two years’ delay, its states-parties failed to reach consensus on the conference’s outcomes.


  • Nuclear Weapons Group strategy session

    Nuclear Weapons Group strategy session

    Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group will meet to reflect on activities and achievements from the 12 months, consolidate the group’s structure, and decide on the group’s campaign strategy for the next 6 months.