by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Feb 15, 2022 | Actions, Peace & Security
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...
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Jan 13, 2020 | Blog, Peace & Security
We sent a letter with the People’s Health Movements North America and UK to The Lancet, showing support for their editorial on Kashmir published in August 2019 on the consequences of India revoking Article 370.
by Medact Events | Dec 9, 2016 | Talks, Climate & Environment, Peace & Security
Download slides Speaker bio From Session D1 – Conflict and Displacement
by Rhianna Louise | Oct 17, 2016 | Headlines, News, Peace & Security
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...
by Medact Staff | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog
Tilman Ruff, an expert on immunization who consults with the WHO and the Australian Red Cross, is Co-President of IPPNW and former president of the Australian affiliate, MAPW. He serves as an IPPNW representative on the international steering committee of ICAN, and...
by Medact Staff | Jul 24, 2014 | Appeals, Human Rights
Medact has been working with Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-I) to put together a team of medical expert to conduct an urgent independent fact-finding mission to Gaza. Thus far we have secured the voluntary expertise of several medical experts. Their...
by Medact Staff | Nov 21, 2008 | Reports, Peace & Security
‘A little understood, unfamiliar war’ – US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, resignation speech, November 8, 2006 Medact’s five earlier Iraq reports presented data on health and health services, and thus helped to fill some noteworthy gaps (Medact 2002, 2003, 2004;...
