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David McCoy on the Lancet-UiO Commission on Global Governance For Health
The Lancet-UiO Commission on Global Governance For Health Commissioners should withdraw their recommendations and come up with better ones. The Lancet Commission on Global Governance for Health – co-organised with […]
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Without tax justice, England's health services will crumble
The budget’s failure to clamp down on tax avoidance – centred on the City of London – starves both our own and overseas health systems of desperately needed cash. While […]
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Alliance Boots Tax Avoidance Campaign
Tax abuse costs the UK economy £69.9 Billion a year – more than half of the country’s total annual healthcare spend. Meanwhile, health and social care services are being slashed in […]
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Dr. Roberto DeVogli: Thatcher’s Trickle-Up Economics Made Us Sick
In this guest post, Dr. Roberto DeVogli discusses the relationship between the policy agenda of Margaret Thatcher and important social determinants of health. A parallel is drawn between Thatcher’s economic reforms and […]
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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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BBC Panorama – The Global Fund and Corruption
David McCoy is a public health physician based at Queen Mary University, London. He is also Chair of the Board of Medact. On December 2nd, Panorama – one of the […]
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Typhoon Haiyan Appeal
Humanitarian aid won’t stop climate change. Thousands killed. 1.9 million displaced. Super typhoon Haiyan – which hit the Philippines in November – is only one manifestation of an extreme […]
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Tax & Health
Severe resource constraints in the wake of the financial crisis have made the provision of health care more difficult than ever. In the UK, the NHS is facing the largest […]
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The Future of the NHS
Alarmed by the way ‘choice’ is being used to promote the NHS reforms, Medact wrote a pamphlet which unpicks what is meant by ‘choice’, exposes how the increase in ‘choice’ […]
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Medact responds to NHS White Paper
Medact responded to the government consultation on the NHS White Paper Equity & Excellence: Liberating the NH, arguing that health professionals must be free to concentrate on the best interests […]