by Rob Abrams | Feb 26, 2021 | Current Campaigns, Climate & Environment
Health for a Green New Deal is building a grassroots-powered health movement for a just and green society, one that prioritises the health of people and planet. All those who work in or study health are welcome to join us and help build the movement!
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 James Skinner | Oct 27, 2018 | Campaigns, Current Campaigns, Human Rights
Get involved with the Patients Not Passports campaign!
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 Medact | Jan 1, 2013 | Current Campaigns, Work Areas, Economic Justice
Our economic system is making people sick. Gross inequality leads to unequal health outcomes. But this is not inevitable: we have the power to change the system. Today in the UK, one of the richest countries in the world, millions struggle to survive with insecure...
