Sophie Turton on how Doctors of the World’s ‘Names not Numbers’ campaign is calling on the international community to speak out about the 300,000 women who die every year from pregnancy-related […]
by Johanna Hanefeld and Richard SmithThe UK government has recently announced that it will in future charge migrants from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and foreign visitors a 150% […]
Dearest Friends, The last night was extreme. The “ground invasion” of Gaza resulted in scores and carloads with maimed, torn apart, bleeding, shivering, dying… All sorts of injured Palestinians, all […]
Earlier this week, Medact joined the likes of Friends of the Earth, Food Ethics Council, Oxfam and the Soil Association as supporting members of the Eating Better Network. Guppi Bola, Medact’s Climate and Ecology Coordinator explains our plans and how they fit nicely into the fair, green, healthy food scene.
To launch the Medact archive on 27 June 2014, Wellcome Library played host to a conference on the history of medical activism: ‘Beds not Bombs: Exploring the archives of anti-nuclear […]
As East and West squared off at the height of the Cold War, the threat of a nuclear attack was all too real. Armed with stark facts about the potential […]
Much has been said about the outcomes of the BMA’s Annual Representatives’ Meeting (ARM) this week. Of the debates held and motions passed, however, perhaps only Tim Crocker-Buqué’s tobacco motion […]
Donning scrubs, white lab coats and picket signs, doctors and healthcare professionals rallied with anti-poverty activists today outside of Boots the Chemists’ flagship store to publicise how tax avoidance is […]
From the moment people starting registering there was a buzz – people reconnecting with friends and colleagues from way back, Scottish delegates chatting to those who ventured north from England, […]
Russian forces are in eastern Ukraine and there are calls from the West for ‘tough action’. Could the US and Russia do the unthinkable and go to nuclear war? This […]