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{{Infobox organization
{{Infobox organization
| name = Medact
| name = Medact
| logo = [[File:Medact logo 2015.png|thumb|Medact logo 2015]]
| logo = Medact logo 2015.png
| caption = Medact logo 2015
| type = Charity for health professionals
| type = Membership organisation for health workers
| founded_date = {{Start date|1992}}
| founded_date = {{Start date|1992}}
| founder =
| director = Sophie Neuburg
| location = [[London]], United-Kingdom <!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" -->
| location = [[London]], United-Kingdom <!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" -->
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| focus = Public health
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| num_employees = 7
| num_members = 1500
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| homepage = [https://www.medact.org medact.org]
| Non-profit_slogan = Challenging barriers to health
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'''Medact''' is a non-profit organization and registered charity,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1081097&subid=0|title=MEDACT - Charity 1081097}}</ref> whose mission is "to support health professionals from all disciplines to work together towards a world in which everyone can truly achieve and exercise their human right to health".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mission|url=https://www.medact.org/about/mission/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Medact|language=en-GB}}</ref>
'''Medact''' is an organisation for and of health professionals such as doctors, nurses, therapists, psychologists, academics and other professional groups working in the health sector. But it also works in collaboration with lawyers, economists philosophers, social scientists and others working to improve health worldwide.


Medact was formed in 1992 following the merger of [[Medical Association for Prevention of War|the Medical Association for the Prevention of War]] (MAPW) and the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW). Following the merger of these not-for-profit medical peace organizations, Medact broadened its mission to include the health threats posed by [[climate change]] and [[economic inequality]].
Medact's core purpose is to educate and inform the wider health community on the issues it works on; and to lobby and campaign for change. But with these sets of activities are based on an analysis of data and evidence and the construction of sound argument for positive change and alternative solutions, as well as explicit values and principles.


Medact is affiliated with [[International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medact.org/wmd_nuclear.php |title=Medact - WMD & Conflict - Nuclear |accessdate=2007-04-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630232907/http://medact.org/wmd_nuclear.php |archivedate=2007-06-30 }}</ref>
Medact works with other professional organisations in the UK such as the BMA, the Royal Colleges, the Royal Society of Medicine


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[[File:Pamphlet; The medical consequences of nuclear war Wellcome L0075369.jpg|thumb|[[Pamphlet]]: The medical consequences of [[nuclear war]]]]
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==Recent work==


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==Notable work==


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Between 2001 and 2012, Medact produced a number of reports on the [[Iraq War#Iraqi healthcare deterioration|health impact of the war in Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Health and Health Policy in Iraq|url=https://www.medact.org/project/health-health-policy-iraq-2002-2012/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Medact|language=en-GB}}</ref> They have issued three reports and two shorter "updates", have defended the [[Lancet surveys of casualties of the Iraq War]] and, as part of the Count the Casualties campaign, have called for an independent investigation into increased mortality in Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.countthecasualties.org.uk/ |title=Count the Casualties Homepage |access-date=2017-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319194116/http://www.countthecasualties.org.uk/ |archive-date=2007-03-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History==


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Medact has produced reports documenting the phenomenon of health worker migration from less economically developed nations to rich countries, which they describe as a "perverse subsidy".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Medact|date=2014-09-10|title=Honest Accounts? The true story of Africa's billion-dollar losses|url=https://www.medact.org/2014/resources/reports/honest-accounts/|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Medact|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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[[File:Pamphlet; The medical consequences of nuclear war Wellcome L0075369.jpg|thumb|[[Pamphlet]]: The medical consequences of [[nuclear war]].]]


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Medact also works on the health of refugees and migrants in the UK, in particular documenting and challenging barriers to healthcare.
Medact grew out of the medical peace movement of the 1950s and 1960s and was formed from the merger of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW) a,d the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW). Members protested against the [[British replacement of the Trident system]].<


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Medact has been involved in the Global Health Watch, a civil society project aiming to produce alternative versions of the [[World Health Organization]]'s annual World Health Report.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghwatch.org|title=ghwatch.org|publisher=}}</ref>
Medact is affiliated to [[International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War]].ref>http://www.medact.org/wmd_nuclear.php</ref>


==Previous work==
==Collaborators==

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Medact has been tracking the [[Iraq War#Iraqi healthcare deterioration|health impact of the war in Iraq]].<ref>http://www.medact.org/pub_reports.php</ref> They have issued a three reports and two shorter 'updates', have defended the [[Lancet surveys of casualties of the Iraq War]] and, as part of the Count the Casualties campaign have called for an independent investigation into increased mortality in Iraq.<ref>[http://www.countthecasualties.org.uk countthecasualties.org.uk]</ref>

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Medact has produced reports documenting the phenomenon of health worker migration from less economically developed nations to rich countries, which they describe as a "perverse subsidy".<ref>http://www.medact.org/hpd_brain_drain.php</ref>

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Medact also work on the health of refugees in the UK, in particular documenting and challenging barriers to healthcare.

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Medact have been involved in the Global Health Watch, a civil society project aiming to produce alternative versions of the [[World Health Organisation]]'s annual World Health Report.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghwatch.org|title=ghwatch.org|publisher=}}</ref>

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==See also==
* [[Quakers]]
* [[Quakers]]
* [[Médecins Sans Frontières]]
* [[Médecins Sans Frontières]]
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* [[Saferworld]]
* [[Saferworld]]
* [[International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons]]
* [[International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons]]
* [[British Medical Association]]
* [[BMA]]
* [[the Royal Colleges]]
* [[Royal Society of Medicine]]
* [[Health Poverty Action]]
* [[the Royal Society of Medicine]]
* [[People's Health Movement]]
* [[Friends of the Earth]]
* [[War on Want]]
* [[Tax Justice Network]]
* [[New Economics Foundation]]
* [[Oxford Research Group]]
* [[Queen Mary University]]

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==See also==
* [[Right to health]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.medact.org }}
* {{Official website|https://www.medact.org }}
*The archive of Medact (and its predecessor body the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons) is held at [[Wellcome Collection]], and is searchable in the library catalogue (SA/MED).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wellcomecollection.org/|title=Wellcome Collection|website=Wellcome Collection|language=en|access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.wellcomelibrary.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=(AltRefNo='sa/med')|title=Wellcome Library Western Manuscripts and Archives catalogue|website=archives.wellcomelibrary.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref>

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[[Category:English health activists]]
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Latest revision as of 14:10, 20 May 2024

Medact
Founded1992 (1992)
TypeMembership organisation for health workers
FocusPublic health
Location
Employees7
Websitemedact.org

Medact is a non-profit organization and registered charity,[1] whose mission is "to support health professionals from all disciplines to work together towards a world in which everyone can truly achieve and exercise their human right to health".[2]

Medact was formed in 1992 following the merger of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW) and the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW). Following the merger of these not-for-profit medical peace organizations, Medact broadened its mission to include the health threats posed by climate change and economic inequality.

Medact is affiliated with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.[3]

Pamphlet: The medical consequences of nuclear war

Notable work

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Between 2001 and 2012, Medact produced a number of reports on the health impact of the war in Iraq.[4] They have issued three reports and two shorter "updates", have defended the Lancet surveys of casualties of the Iraq War and, as part of the Count the Casualties campaign, have called for an independent investigation into increased mortality in Iraq.[5]

Medact has produced reports documenting the phenomenon of health worker migration from less economically developed nations to rich countries, which they describe as a "perverse subsidy".[6]

Medact also works on the health of refugees and migrants in the UK, in particular documenting and challenging barriers to healthcare.

Medact has been involved in the Global Health Watch, a civil society project aiming to produce alternative versions of the World Health Organization's annual World Health Report.[7]

Collaborators

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MEDACT - Charity 1081097".
  2. ^ "Mission". Medact. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  3. ^ "Medact - WMD & Conflict - Nuclear". Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
  4. ^ "Health and Health Policy in Iraq". Medact. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  5. ^ "Count the Casualties Homepage". Archived from the original on 2007-03-19. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  6. ^ Staff, Medact (2014-09-10). "Honest Accounts? The true story of Africa's billion-dollar losses". Medact. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  7. ^ "ghwatch.org".
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Medact.
  1. ^ "Wellcome Collection". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  2. ^ "Wellcome Library Western Manuscripts and Archives catalogue". archives.wellcomelibrary.org. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
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