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  • Prevent duty in NHS ─ October planning meeting

    September 24, 2020
    Prevent duty in NHS ─ October planning meeting

    An online meeting to discuss the ways that health workers can take action on issues related to the Prevent duty in the NHS.


  • IPPNW World Congress XXIII: Disarmament, Development and Health [POSTPONED]

    October 22, 2019
    IPPNW World Congress XXIII: Disarmament, Development and Health [POSTPONED]

    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.


  • On Tasers, policing and imagining new responses to violence

    October 18, 2019
    On Tasers, policing and imagining new responses to violence

    With the recent announcement of Tasers being made more widely available for use by the police in the UK, black feminist organiser and Global Health postgraduate Sarah Lasoye argues that the health community must take notice.


  • Is there a place for civil nuclear power in the 21st century?

    October 14, 2019
    Is there a place for civil nuclear power in the 21st century?

    To correspond with the recent publication of the IPPNW-Germany paper ‘How Nuclear Power powers the Bomb’, we publish a blog by Frank Boulton outlining the financial, environmental, health and geo-political arguments around nuclear power.


  • By supporting arms sales, our government abets murder

    September 12, 2019
    By supporting arms sales, our government abets murder

    With the DSEI arms fair underway, Daniel Flecknoe and Dr Ahmed Razavi outline the public health impacts of armed conflict, and argue that the UK government’s sale of arms to countries such as Saudi Arabia makes them an accessory to war crimes.


  • ‘Do No Harm’ – a meeting about war, the arms trade and health

    September 6, 2019
    ‘Do No Harm’ – a meeting about war, the arms trade and health

    After joining protests outside the DSEI arms fair earlier this month, we are holding a meeting to discuss the arms trade, war and health.


  • Turkish doctors sentenced to prison for statement against war

    August 13, 2019
    Turkish doctors sentenced to prison for statement against war

    In response to the sentencing of 11 Turkish doctors to 20 months in prison for a statement made against the military offensive in Afrin, Syria, Medact has urged the UK […]


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