Location: Medact Offices Background Medact is a London-based health charity designed to enable health professionals to act on the social, political, ecological and economic determinants of health and health inequality. Medact is developing a strategic workplan for the next two years. As part of this process, it is organising a workshop to help determine its […]
The regular meeting of the London group of the People’s Health Movement. The group will be planning their grassroots campaigning around the issue of Private Finance Initiative’s in East London hospitals. The meeting will take place at the Medact offices. All welcome – especially newcomers.
The regular meeting of the London group of the People’s Health Movement. The group will be planning their grassroots campaigning around the issue of Private Finance Initiative’s in East London hospitals. The meeting will take place at the Medact offices. All welcome – especially newcomers.
This event is being run by the People’s Health Movement. For more information about PHM, please visit www.phm-uk.org.uk. The People´s Health Movement (PHM) has its roots deep in the grassroots people’s movement and owes its genesis to many health networks and activists who have been concerned by the growing inequities in health over the last […]
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 […]