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Emergency Financial Protection

by Siddhartha Mehta | Dec 17, 2020 | Actions, Campaign Updates, Headlines, News, Economic Justice

As a resurgence of COVID-19 cases threatens to undermine the success of the new tiered-restriction system, 12 of the UK’s leading public health organisations have written to the Prime Minister urging him to address the financial barriers currently undermining...

Sri Lanka’s militarised coronavirus containment has grave consequences

by Thusiyan Nandakumar | Oct 16, 2020 | Blogs, Headlines, Peace & Security

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

by Daniel J Carter | Sep 18, 2020 | Blogs, Economic Justice

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 public health measure to prevent a second wave of COVID-19. The piece is also...

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

by Bimal Khadka | Sep 15, 2020 | Blogs, Peace & Security

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

by Medact | Sep 3, 2020 | Talks, Videos, Economic Justice

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

CAAT Reading Group – Coronavirus & The Arms Trade

by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Aug 24, 2020 | Talks, Videos, Peace & Security

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

by Dr Tumbi Otudeko | Aug 21, 2020 | Blogs, Human Rights, Peace & Security

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

by Siddhartha Mehta | Aug 20, 2020 | Actions, Campaign Updates, Headlines, Economic Justice

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 to avoid an evictions and homelessness crisis that could significantly contribute to an...

New Economics Briefing: Healthcare, COVID-19 and the Hostile Environment

by Medact | Jul 30, 2020 | Events, Online, Talks & Lectures, Human Rights

Join us at next week’s New Economics Briefing in partnership with the New Economics Foundation, Migrants Organise, Doctors of the World, Kanlungan Filipino Consortium, and Notts Refugee Forum where we’ll be discussing healthcare, COVID-19 and the Hostile...

Exploring Migrant Access to Health: Part 3 – In Conversation: Open University Lecturer Dr Kathryn Medièn talks to Patients Not Passports.

by Medact | Jul 5, 2020 | Blogs, Human Rights

Dr Kathryn Medièn, lecturer in Sociology at the Open University, interviews the Patients Not Passports team about migrant access to healthcare during the coronavirus crisis.

COVID-19 and economic justice: a GPs perspective

by Clare Andrews | Jul 3, 2020 | Blogs, Economic Justice

Clare Andrews, a GP in East London and co-ordinator of Medact London, writes about her experiences as a clinician during the coronavirus crisis.

Exploring Migrant Access to Health: Part 2 – Prioritisation of COVID-19 testing: Migrant camps must not be forgotten

by Guest Author | Jun 12, 2020 | Blogs, Human Rights

Sally, Anna and Kieran – researchers in the Migrant Health Group at St George’s, University of London – explore the increased risk to coronavirus faced by people living in Europe’s migrant camps, and the steps Governments should be taking to ensure they are able to access the testing and treatment they need.

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