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Iraq, Medact and Chilcot
This piece was written in response to the release of the findings of the Chilcot inquiry by former Medact Directors Mike Rowson and Marion Birch, along with Jane Salvage, who all worked […]
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The health impacts of war and armed conflict
In 1951, at the height of the Korean War, seven eminent doctors wrote to The Lancet medical journal in a call for disarmament. Their argument? Military spending was impacting […]
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Health Impact Assessment and Conflict – a case study to assess the potential health consequences of military action against Iran
Medact has developed a Health Impact Assessment of what the consequences of military action would be for health if armed conflict against Iran by the United States and its allies were […]
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Mental Health Policy in Iraq since 2003
(updated 2012) This report provides a case study of the post-conflict rehabilitation of services and development of mental health policy following the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It illustrates common […]
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Rehabilitation Under Fire – health care in Iraq 2003-7
‘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 […]
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Conflict Fuels Iraqi Health Crisis – 2006 update
A further update on the state of health and healthcare in Iraq, published in 2006 and documenting changes since 2005. Click here to download a copy of the report.
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Iraq Update 2005
This update was published in 2005 following significant developments in Iraq since 2005 when Medact published Enduring Effects of War: Health in Iraq. This update provides a brief overview of those […]
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Enduring Effects of War – health in Iraq 2004
This evidence-based report analyses from a public health perspective the impact on health and health services of the 2003 war on Iraq, and the country’s ensuing political and security crisis. It builds […]
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Continuing Collateral Damage – the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq
“The health consequences of the 2003 war on Iraq will be felt by the Iraqi people for years, even generations.” This report assesses the impact of the 2003 war on the environment […]
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Collateral Damage – the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq
This report was released in November 2002, months before the US led invasion of Iraq. Regrettably, many of the conclusions and predictions made in the report became reality. Executive Summary […]