In April 2014, Medact – together with our partners Healthy Planet UK – launched the ‘Fossil Free Health’ campaign. We are calling on the UK health community to divest from fossil fuels. As a community committed to improving health worldwide, we hope that organisations such as the British Medical Association, the Royal Colleges and the […]
Medact and the Royal Society of Medicine are holding an event on 29th April: “Torture – An ethical dilemma for the medical profession?” Torture is all too common and widespread; and it comes into touch with many parts of the medical and public health system. What is the ethical position of clinicians working in prison […]
Join us for Medact’s Annual General Meeting. This is a members only business meeting. The AGM is an opportunity to vote on new board members, discuss the memorandum and articles and propose motions. The AGM will be followed by a mini conference, click here to find out more. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. If […]
Book your free ticket online via eventbrite by clicking here. This is an open mini-conference hosted by Queen Mary University London and Medact. It is one of several global health conferences aimed at creating a shared environment for academics, researchers, clinicians and activists working on areas of common interest and concern. Speakers: John Christiansen (Director, Tax […]
The United States and the European Union are currently engaged in negotiations to establish a new trade and investment agreement with each other. This is set to become one of the biggest such agreements – encompassing the world’s two largest economic unions. It will have an impact (direct and indirect) on human and environmental health and in […]
Global Health Justice (GHJ) is a new public lecture and discussion series organised by the London-based charity Medact and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) focusing on the socio-political determinants of health. GHJ aims to bring a strong social science and humanities perspective to global health and provide a space for students, campaigners and academics to discuss, debate and exchange […]
Venue: Royal College of Physicians, London NW1 4LE Thursday 25th September, 6:30pm – 8pm followed by a drinks reception This is the third in this year’s series of Global Health Advocacy seminars, held by the Royal College of Physicians and the Alma Mata Global Health Network. If you missed the last one, you can watch it […]
In association with the Medact Preventing Torture initiative, the Global Health Section of the Royal Society of Medicine will be hosting a series of training sessions for clinicians who are called upon to produce medico-legal reports give oral evidence about survivors of torture. These will be half-day sessions, open and participation will be free of […]
QPSW, ICAN-UK and Religions for Peace invite you to Friends House, Euston, London for an afternoon of training and discussion on the humanitarian initiative on nuclear weapons 1.30pm – 5pm on Saturday 25th October 2014 Come and learn about the latest developments moving the international community towards a treaty to ban nuclear weapons as […]
Global Health Justice (GHJ) is a new public lecture and discussion series organised by the London-based charity Medact and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) focusing on the socio-political determinants of health. GHJ aims to bring a strong social science and humanities perspective to global health and provide a space for students, campaigners and academics to discuss, debate and exchange […]