Following a meeting organised by Medact with the generous assistance of the Royal Society of Medicine, of seven doctors working in immigration detention centres and six from voluntary organisations produced a consensus statement for dissemination.
Medact’s Director, David McCoy, applauds LSHTM’s decision to divest from coal companies. By Emma Howard in The Guardian. 13.5.15 “The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has sold […]
Geneva, 19 May 2015 – Ahead of the first meeting of the drafting group on Framework for Engagement with Non – State Actors (FENSA), Civil Society Organisations and Social Movements […]
On 31st of March, Medact published its report on Health and Fracking which concluded that hydraulic fracturing for shale gas (‘fracking’) poses significant risks to public health and called for an immediate […]
Press release | contact [email protected] Medact’s new report, Health & Fracking: the impacts & opportunity costs, concludes that hydraulic fracturing for shale gas (‘fracking’) poses significant risks to public health […]
People’s health in the UK and across Europe is threatened by plans to introduce measures that could lower vital health, consumer safety and environmental standards to dangerous levels, say 71 […]
Medact is currently producing an expert position paper on the health effects of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the UK. The report will examine the evidence on fracking: its safety, its […]
In a new report published today, Medact and other leading health and climate NGOs argue that the UK health community must phase out its investments in the fossil fuel industry, […]
Hate climate change? Love film? Want to get involved in organising a film festival with Medact and Shorts on Tap? Global health charity Medact is teaming up with film-festival organisers […]
Chris Venables, Programme Officer at Medact, and two other national charity leaders, are planning to join Newcastle University’s team in the Great North Run this year. Chris will be joined […]