Medical professionals call for diplomacy to avert a humanitarian disaster Sign the IPPNW medical appeal Health workers in Europe take their responsibility for preventive action to save lives very seriously. The pandemic has shown how much effort they are prepared to...
On June 16th 2021, President Biden and President Putin’s joint declaration made at the Geneva summit gave hope of better diplomatic ties and a more stable relationship. In their statement, they reaffirmed the principle that “Nuclear war cannot be won and must never be...
Watch our Peace and Security Campaigner, Reem Abu-Hayyeh, lead a reading group for our friends at Campaign Against the Arms Trade on the topic of Coronavirus and the Arms Trade.
The following letter was sent this week on behalf of all those from members of IPPNW gathered at the York Health Through Peace Congress to British Prime Minister Theresa May, as well as her Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox....
This report considers the long-term impacts of the British military’s recruitment of children under the age of 18, presents evidence linking ‘serious health concerns’ with the policy, and calls for a rise in the minimum recruitment age. The report’s findings include:...
First committee of the UN General Assembly votes for a resolution mandating negotiations on a ban on Nuclear Proliferation On Wednesday October 26th, during its 71st session, members of the first committee of the UN general assembly voted for a resolution...
Medact’s new report on the long-term impacts of the British military’s recruitment of children under the age of 18, presents evidence linking ‘serious health concerns’ with the policy, and calls for a rise in the minimum recruitment age. The report’s findings...
Medact has been busy in the last few months. Here are just a few highlights of recent and upcoming activities. Medact Annual General meeting 2016 Medact’s Annual General meeting took place on 17 September at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical...
What follows is the text of a letter sent by Medact Member and trainee GP Sarah Alhulail to Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for International Trade, and a former GP. It follows on from Wednesday’s call by over 200 health professionals for a cessation of UK...
UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia have been directly involved in the destruction of Yemen’s health system and the targeting of hospitals and other health facilities in Yemen. On Wednesday 21 September, the Medact Arms and Militarisation group handed in the following...
By Oliver Yerby, member of the Medact Arms and Militarisation (MAM) group.* Oliver is a fourth year medical student studying in Nottingham with a particular interest in peacebuilding, human rights and social justice. Contact MAM at [email protected] . Last year...
With thanks to Medact Trustee Frank Boulton Nagasaki: a catalogue of errors Seventy one years ago in the early hours of August 9, the mission to drop a second atomic bomb on a Japanese city was launched. Three days previously, the first ever nuclear bomb attack had...
