AGM 2014

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 […]

Medact Afternoon Conference – Climate Change, Tax Justice and Health

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 […]

Global Health Alert – the trans-Atlantic trade and investment negotiations – what’s the fuss about?

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 Lecture – Inequality and Health (A New Public Lecture and Discussion Series)

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 […]

Training in the documentation of evidence of torture

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 […]

Afternoon training and discussion on the humanitarian initiative on nuclear weapons

 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 Lecture – Nutrition, Climate and Public Health

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 […]

Concert for Peace

MANA – Musicians for Peace presents a Concert For Peace Click here to book your ticket