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A Safer World – Treating Britain’s harmful dependence on nuclear weapons
The world now has an international treaty making it illegal for ratifying states to possess nuclear weapons. Our new report takes this opportunity to re-examine the arguments for and against the UK’s continued adherence to its own nuclear arsenal.
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Doctors Against Diesel website launched
We launched our new campaign website for National Clean Air Day. Please take a look – and let us know what you think. You can also follow Doctors Against Diesel […]
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Politics, Power, Poverty and Global Health
Medact Director, David McCoy, was recently involved in an online discussion about the politics of global health initiated by Professor Solly Benatar from South Africa, and involving Professors Gorik Omms […]
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Presentation resources from the conference
The first videos and slides from the conference are now available.
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RCP London: Every Breath We Take – the lifelong impact of air pollution
This report from the RCP and the RCPCH examines the impact of exposure to air pollution across the course of a lifetime: https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/every-breath-we-take-lifelong-impact-air-pollution
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UK Emissions Interactive Map
The UK emissions interactive map can tell you about air pollution in your area: http://naei.defra.gov.uk/data/gis-mapping
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A collection of Nuclear Weapons resources
The effects of Nuclear War have been analysed by a number of campaign and medical groups, below is a selection of useful resources. Reports The concluding report from the Trident […]
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Outcomes from Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics and Medact Conference 2016
On the 14th April 2016, Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics and Medact jointly hosted a conference, bringing together multi-disciplinary stakeholders; from policy-makers, health professionals, livestock farmers and veterinarians, to scientists, […]
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Better Medical Care in Immigrant Detention Centres
Following a meeting organised by Medact with the generous assistance of the Royal Society of Medicine, of seven doctors working in immigration detention centres and six from voluntary organisations produced a consensus statement for dissemination.
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Resources for Refugee & Migrant Healthcare
Doctors of the World – London Clinic Praxis, Pott Street, London E2 0EF. Tel: 020 8123 6614 Mobile: 07974 616 852 www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk Open every Mon, Wed and Fri 1-5pm. No appointment […]
