Nuclear Convoy meeting
At Broad Acre House Market St Newcastle upon Tyne
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Paper crane folding day for Hiroshima commemoration
To be held at Jesmond Library St Georges Terrace Jesmond Newcastle upon Tyne
AGM 2016
All members welcome! There is time to join if you are not yet a member. The date for this year’s Annual General Meeting is Saturday 17th September, and the location is confirmed at LSHTM (see below). This year’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 17th September, 11-12.45 in the Rose Room, LSHTM. The formal proceedings of […]
Medact Oxford Launch – Moving forward with hospital food
Hospital food is key to the wellbeing of patients and staff alike. Interest in improving hospital food is gathering momentum. Join us for some locally produced nibbles at 6pm followed at 6.30pm by speakers Liz Atherton (Medact), Sam Williamson (Public Health Registrar) and the Oxford Food Network. Come and find out about the improvements that […]
East London People’s Health Assembly
The London People’s Health Movement (PHM), in collaboration with local organisations including Keep Our NHS Public, Docs not Cops, Social Action for Health, Medact and Queen Mary’s University , is organising a three-day People’s Health Assembly in East London in October 2016. This event will follow the tradition of the global PHM in working closely with […]
Risking their Health – Children in the Armed Forces
Speakers include: Joe Glenton (Afghanistan veteran, author of ‘Soldier Box’, and journalist) Sally Slotowitz (a psychologist, and an author of the report, David Gee (Author of ‘Spectacle, Reality and Resistance: Confronting a Culture of Militarism and UK Coordinator of Child Soldiers International) This is the launch of Britain’s only public health report into the long term […]
The Man Who Saved The World – film screening by Medact Tyneside
A film screening organised by Medact Tyneside. Tickets £5. For more details, see the event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/484547781735762/ Or contact Elizabeth Waterston.
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Forum 2016 – Healthy Planet, Better World
Friends House 173-177 Euston Rd, Kings Cross, , London , United KingdomHuman health is dependent on a healthy environment. Yet we are damaging ecosystems and depleting natural resources in ways that undermine our ability to sustain healthy and equitable societies. Climate change, desertification, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss are among many ecological threats to health. These impact on health via multiple pathways that include reducing food and water security, […]
Are we still in the Age of Stupid?
The Age of Stupid was an award-winning film made in 2009. Set in 2055, in a world ravaged by catastrophic climate change, an archivist (Pete Postlethwaite) reviews archival footage back “when we could have saved ourselves”, trying to discern where it all went wrong. Seven years on from the film’s release, do we still need […]
Emergency Protest – UK Doctors & Nurses in Solidarity With Syria
Healthcare workers of the UK: grab your uniforms and activate the power of your voice. The bloodshed must stop now. Join Medact for a solidarity action at Parliament Square next Saturday where we hope to add our voices to the demands of the Syrian and the international humanitarian and medical community.