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Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre
Written by Medact members Rebecca Cousins and Pauline Latil. On Saturday 12th of March, the Medact Refugee Solidarity Group joined Movement for Justice by Any Means Necessary and gathered alongside two […]
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How environmentally sustainable are the new dietary guidelines?
Today saw the launch of the Eatwell Guide – the UK’s official food guide to healthy diets. Astonishingly, despite major changes in eating habits and advances in nutrition science, […]
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North Korea's Latest Missile Firing and Nuclear Weapons Test
This article has been written Dr Frank Boulton – an active Medact member and Trustee with a long-standing interest and considerable experience of the nuclear weapons debate. On January 6th 2016, North […]
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Medact at the #StopTrident March – by two members of the Nuclear Weapons Group
On Saturday 27th February, Medact members and supporters joined an estimated 20,000 people on the #StopTrident march to highlight the health impact and humanitarian consequences of the use of nuclear weapons. […]
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Refugee Solidarity Group in Calais
From the 20th – 24th February, two members of Medact’s new Refugee Solidarity Group went to volunteer in the so-called Calais ‘Jungle’. This is the first of a series of […]
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In Defence of the Heathrow 13
Confronting the Reality of Climate Change, and Challenging the Judgement Against the ‘Heathrow 13’ The recent conviction of thirteen individuals (the ‘Heathrow 13’) for aggravated trespass for blocking one of […]
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Responding to the Needs of Refugees
This is the text from an editorial jointly published in The BMJ by Medact, Doctors Of The World UK, Helen Bamber Foundation, and Freedom From Torture. At the time of writing […]
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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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Contribution to HHR Journal COP21 Series on Divestment
The divestment movement has empowered individuals and investors to go beyond attempts to influence demand for fossil fuels; rather, people can directly influence fossil fuel supply and the structural drivers of climate change, challenging the systems that lock us into fossil fuel dependency.
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A “healthy end” to the nuclear era: interview with Tilman Ruff
Tilman Ruff, an expert on immunization who consults with the WHO and the Australian Red Cross, is Co-President of IPPNW and former president of the Australian affiliate, MAPW. He serves […]