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 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 Elizabeth Atherton | Oct 26, 2017 | Work Areas, Climate & Environment, Economic Justice
Every year, the NHS spends about £600 million on food and catering services, mostly in hospitals. But hospital food is often considered to be of poor quality, and the hospital retail environment unhealthy. There is an urgent need to improve the quality of hospital... by Elizabeth Atherton | Sep 26, 2017 | Work Areas, Climate & Environment
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing global public health threat, that requires urgent and co-ordinated action across all sectors. Whilst most of the focus has been on human use of antibiotics, there is now “compelling” scientific evidence that antibiotic... 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 Rhianna Louise | Jun 7, 2017 | Campaigns, Work Areas
Medact has been working by Elizabeth Atherton | May 26, 2017 | Work Areas, Climate & Environment
Our global food system is destroying the very environment on which future food production relies. It is the leading cause of deforestation, land use change and loss of biodiversity. It contributes almost a quarter of human produced greenhouse gas emissions, is... 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 Alice Munro | Aug 2, 2016 | Work Areas, Climate & Environment
“The arguments against fracking on public health and ecological grounds are overwhelming. There are clear grounds for adopting the precautionary principle and prohibiting fracking” – Quote from an open letter in the BMJ in support of Medact’s report... by Alice Munro | Jul 17, 2016 | 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. To learn more about the links between climate change and... by Medact Staff | Jul 15, 2016 | Work Areas, Peace & Security
Three of the authors of this series of reports have collaborated on a response to the release of the findings of the Chilcot inquiry Medact has produced a total of 5 reports on the health effects of the Iraq War. The first, in 2002, considered the risks prior to the...