Health for a Green New Deal
Join us for our campaign launch weekend April 17th-18th 2021!
Securitisation of Health
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...Responding to COVID-19
Steps we’ve taken at Medact The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into stark relief the serious health inequalities that exist both in the UK and across the world. In recent months we have adjusted our approach to campaigning by moving our work online and giving more focus...Migration & Health
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...Doctors Against Diesel
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.
Fossil Free Health
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...Nuclear Weapons
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...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. Not only does military expenditure steal funds away from health systems, climate change solutions, social development and essential...Health Under Attack
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...Upcoming Events
Health for a Green New Deal ─ Online Launch Gathering
April 17 - April 18