by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Jul 2, 2020 | Campaigns, Current Campaigns, Work Areas, Peace & Security
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... by Aiyan Maharasingam | Apr 25, 2020 | Current Campaigns, Work Areas, Climate & Environment, Economic Justice, Human Rights, Membership, Peace & Security
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... by Medact Staff | Jun 5, 2018 | Campaigns, Current Campaigns, Work Areas, Human Rights, Peace & Security
The right of everyone to ‘the highest attainable standards of physical and mental health’ is enshrined within the 1966 UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) placing both a moral and a legal imperative on the UK to produce policies... by Alice Munro | Jun 1, 2018 | Campaigns, Current Campaigns, Climate & Environment
Doctors Against Diesel are calling for the use of diesel fuels to be banned in our urban areas and progressively phased out elsewhere. We want to see a future in which personal exposure to soot and gases from vehicles is dramatically reduced, and that a choice to travel actively (walking, cycling, with public transport) does not result in increased personal exposure.
by Deirdre Duff | May 10, 2018 | Campaigns, Current Campaigns, Work Areas, Climate & Environment
Climate change is affecting the health of both people and the planet right now. It will affect the most fundamental determinants of health: water, food, air and which infectious diseases we are exposed to. This is something that health bodies around the world have... by Medact Staff | Sep 2, 2017 | Campaigns, Current Campaigns, Work Areas, Peace & Security
Nuclear weapons are the most destructive, most indiscriminate, most inhumane instruments of mass murder ever created. Their use—and even their possession—goes against every principle of international humanitarian law. In fact, it is likely that humanity could not... by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Oct 18, 2016 | Campaigns, Current Campaigns, Work Areas, Peace & Security
The international arms trade is in direct opposition to efforts to protect and pursue the health of our world and its inhabitants. Not only does military expenditure steal funds away from health systems, climate change solutions, social development and essential... by Rhianna Louise | Dec 7, 2015 | Campaigns, Current Campaigns, Work Areas, Peace & Security
Intentional and direct attacks on hospitals are war crimes, and denying people access to essential health care is a serious violation of international humanitarian law – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 3 May 20161 According to a study by the World Health...