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Tax & Health Workshop
Medact hosted a workshop on Tuesday the 11th of February bringing together leading experts from the tax and health communities to discuss how Medact can educate, inform and campaign on […]
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Atoms for Peace Report Launch
Medact and the Nuclear Information Service release Atoms for Peace report at UCL. The report uncovered university links to the UK’s nuclear weapons programme. The reports findings and the ethics […]
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Medact releases first briefing on the science of climate change
Health professionals are not climate scientists. But climate science is of profound importance to health professionals. Global warming is already having a significant negative impact on human health; it threatens […]
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New report on the links between UK universities and the Atomic Weapons Establishment
Medact and the Nuclear Information Service have undertaken a two-year study to investigate research links between British universities and the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), which is responsible for designing and manufacturing […]
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Medact News Winter 2013: Relaunch Conference
Medact News is our bi-annual newsletter. This edition covers our Relaunch Conference and organisational restructure. It is also available as a PDF download.
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Concern about drones grows, Medact releases new report
Medact has built on the success of the 2012 report in raising awareness on the physical and psychological harm of drone warfare by publishing a 2013 update. The update focuses […]
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Medicine, Conflict and Survival – Student Representative
The Medact-affiliated academic journal Medicine, Conflict and Survival is currently seeking a student representative for its Editorial Board. The Student Representative will have full status as a member of the […]
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Over 250 people attend Medact relaunch conference
On Saturday 9th November, more than 250 people attended a Medact conference on the interfaces between health, politics, ecology, economics, and violence. There were about 30 speakers including well known […]
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Preventing Torture report follow-up workshops: the case of Sri Lanka
In May 2013 in the House of Lords, Medact organised a workshop to discuss the recommendations of the Sri Lankan case study in the Medact report Preventing Torture: the role […]
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2011 Medical Peace Work Prize
The 2011 International Medical Peace Award was given to Prof Dr Sebnem Korur Financi, President of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, for her courageous opposition to torture and human rights […]