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Global Health Watch 6 – in the shadow of the pandemic
Global Health Watch (GHW), now in its sixth edition, is the definitive alternative voice on health. Published since 2003, with contributions from activists and academics from around the world, GHW6 […]
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Bearing Witness — a new digital campaign connects UK health workers with their peers in humanitarian disasters
‘Bearing Witness’, a new digital healthcare campaign, will seek to bring health workers in conflict zones together with those in the UK. In this blog, campaign co-founder and paediatrician Dr. Hesham Abdalla explains the reasoning behind the campaign.
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Bearing Witness: Healthcare in Gaza – digital campaign launch
Join us for the online launch of Hexitime’s ‘Bearing Witness’ campaign, a campaign connecting healthcare workers in the UK with their peers on the frontlines of political and humanitarian crises
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50th state ratification of the Nuclear Ban Treaty marks a significant milestone for a global movement
This blog outlines the implications of the imminent entry into force of the Nuclear Ban Treaty, and calls for more to join the movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
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The Lancet editorial on Kashmir: Letter of support from Medact, PHM-NA and PHM-UK
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.
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IPPNW World Congress XXIII: Disarmament, Development and Health [POSTPONED]
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Sadly the IPPNW 23rd World Congress in Mombasa, Kenya has had to be postponed. New dates have not yet been set as we will be monitoring the worldwide health situation.
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The Alternatives – Global Perspectives For Healthier Lives
Join us on Monday 16th April for a panel debate where we will explore inspiring examples from across the world of approaches to improving health by rejecting neoliberalism.
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Global Health Watch 5
For over a decade, Global Health Watch has been the definitive source for alternative analysis on health. This fifth edition addresses the key challenges facing governments and health practitioners today, […]
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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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Kinari Webb at Healthy Planet – “Radical Listening: Saving Lives and Rainforest in Borneo”
MD and Founder of Health in Harmony, Kinari Webb, shares her insights on her organisation’s work improving the lives of people in the communities around Gunung Palung National Park in Borneo through increased and affordable health care, decreased logging of the park and introduction of alternative incomes sources.
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Corinna Hawkes – “Global Food System Challenges”
Professor Corinna Hawkes provides a broad global perspective on the central challenges for food systems, as an opening to the Food stream of the conference. From Session A1 – “Global Food System Challenges”