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 Medact | Apr 25, 2020 | Current Campaigns, Work Areas
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...
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, 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
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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...
