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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 […]
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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…
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Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons are the most destructive, most indiscriminate, most inhumane instruments of mass murder ever created. Medact is the UK affiliate of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).
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Military Recruitment
Medact has been working
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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.
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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 […]
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The People Vs. PFI Campaign
The Private Finance Initiative is an unfair, unaccountable rip-off, destroying our NHS. The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is the biggest scam you’ve never heard of. At first glance, the hospital you […]
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Alliance Boots Tax Avoidance Campaign
Tax abuse costs the UK economy £69.9 Billion a year – more than half of the country’s total annual healthcare spend. Meanwhile, health and social care services are being slashed in […]
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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.