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  • Health Versus Wealth? UK economic policy and public health during COVID-19

    February 16, 2021
    Health Versus Wealth? UK economic policy and public health during COVID-19

    In this new briefing, our Economic Justice & Health Group shine a light on the UK government’s assumption that the health of the public and the economy are in tension.


  • Coronavirus and the politics of far-right nationalism in India

    January 28, 2021
    Coronavirus and the politics of far-right nationalism in India

    A Medact member and Consultant doctor discusses the Indian government’s mismanaged and authoritarian response to the Coronavirus pandemic. They analyse the social impact of the measures taken and the ideology that has driven decision making during the public health crisis.


  • Sri Lanka’s militarised coronavirus containment has grave consequences

    October 16, 2020
    Sri Lanka’s militarised coronavirus containment has grave consequences

    Medact member Dr. Thusiyan Nandakumar outlines Sri Lanka’s militarised response to the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that it is entrenching institutionalised discrimination in the country.


  • Protecting renters now can help us minimise a second covid-19 wave

    September 18, 2020
    Protecting renters now can help us minimise a second covid-19 wave

    In this new piece, Daniel Carter, Medact member and research fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, discusses the need for greater protections for renters as a […]


  • Emergency Preparedness ─ COVID-19 was a failure, just imagine the fallout from a nuclear war

    September 15, 2020
    Emergency Preparedness ─ COVID-19 was a failure, just imagine the fallout from a nuclear war

    Junior Doctor, Bimal Khadaka, discusses the importance of strengthening the Planning and Mitigation phases of our global emergency control measures to prevent the harmful impacts of both pandemics and nuclear warfare


  • Action Call: Housing & public health ─ the eviction crisis in the time of COVID-19

    September 3, 2020
    Action Call: Housing & public health ─ the eviction crisis in the time of COVID-19

    Watch a recording of our Action Call with London Renters Union & Pathways where we discussed the interconnected issues of housing justice and health equity.


  • This is an uprising, but can it be a revolution….

    August 28, 2020
    This is an uprising, but can it be a revolution….

    This piece was written during the peak of the Black Lives Matter movement. In the wake of BLM protests and the global uprising against racism during a devastating pandemic, we […]


  • CAAT Reading Group – Coronavirus & The Arms Trade

    August 24, 2020
    CAAT Reading Group – Coronavirus & The Arms Trade

    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.


  • Mind the Gap – healthcare disparities in UK prisons

    August 21, 2020
    Mind the Gap – healthcare disparities in UK prisons

    In this blog, Dr. Tumbi Otudeko questions the provision of universal healthcare in UK prisons, discussing health disparities facing the prison population.


  • Mitigating public health risk from evictions

    August 20, 2020
    Mitigating public health risk from evictions

    Sixteen of the UK’s leading public health organisations have written to Secretary of State for Housing Robert Jenrick urging him to extend the eviction ban due to be lifted Monday […]


  • Action Call: Housing & public health ─ the eviction crisis in the time of COVID-19

    August 12, 2020
    Action Call: Housing & public health ─ the eviction crisis in the time of COVID-19

    The government plans to lift its eviction ban for rental tenants on 24th August. The ensuing wave of evictions will have dire consequences for housing security and overall public health. Join us to find out what you can do to help.


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