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{{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}}
| director = David McCoy
| director = Sophie Neuburg
| location = [[London]], United-Kingdom <!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" -->
| location = [[London]], United-Kingdom <!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" -->
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| area_served = Worldwide
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| focus = Public health
| mission = Educate and inform the wider health community on the issues it works on; and to lobby and campaign for change
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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 of British health professionals that works in such areas as climate change, human rights or disarmament.
<ref name = "About Medact"> http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h600 </ref>


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 recent actions==


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 recently coordinated with the Climate and Health Council the publication of an open letter asking the multi-billion pound health charity, the Wellcome Trust, to move its money out of fossil fuels on ethical grounds.The letter invokes one of the foremost principles of medical ethics, asking the Trust to “do no harm” because of the current and future impacts of climate change on global public health.
Close to 1,000 health professionals from around the world have thrown their weight behind this lette. The 946 signatories to the letter span the health profession and include nurses, academics, therapists, doctors, students, retired practitioners and dentists.
<ref name= "Campaign for Fossil Fuel Divestment"> http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/14/wellcome-trust-urged-to-divest-fossil-fuels-health-professionals </ref>


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[[File:Pamphlet; The medical consequences of nuclear war Wellcome L0075369.jpg|thumb|[[Pamphlet]]: The medical consequences of [[nuclear war]]]]
In 2014, Medact started a global health lectures series entitled Global Health Justice, in partnership with Queen Mary University, London. The series attracted over 300 attendees and aimed to explain the interconnected nature of topics of Medact's campaigns. Speakers included experts from several academic fields, medical journalists and health campaigners.
GHJ aimed to bring a social science and humanities perspective to global health and provide a space for students, campaigners and academics to discuss, debate and exchange ideas that will challenge and push forward both research and policy.
<ref name= "Global Health Justice"> http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/2014/09/global-health-justice-harnessing-academia-to-policy-and-politics </ref>


==Notable work==
In 2013, a multinational group of doctors, including 50 Americans, has launched a petition to President Obama to protest about the treatment of detainees on hunger strike in Guantánamo Bay. In the open letter published in The Lancet medical journal, they wrote that the detainees no longer trust their military doctors with "very good reason" and that it is imperative that they are seen by independent clinicians. The doctors offer to visit, examine and advise the detainees in any way that is acceptable to all parties. The petition was initiated by Medact.
<ref name= "2013 Hunger-strike Petition"> https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/alison-whyte/more-than-150-medics-urge-obama-to-let-them-treat-guantánamo-hunger-strikers </ref>


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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>
==Medact's 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. It was formed in 1992 following the merger of two older organisations: the Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW) and the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW). Members protested against the [[British replacement of the Trident system]]. Medact and its predecessor organisations have their archive housed at the Wellcome Library and Bradford University, to find out more about these materials please visit our Archive page.
Medact is affiliated to [[International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War]].
<ref>http://www.medact.org/wmd_nuclear.php</ref>


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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's previous research==

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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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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.medact.org }}


==Collaborators==
==Collaborators==
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* [[Oxford Research Group]]
* [[Oxford Research Group]]
* [[Queen Mary University]]
* [[Queen Mary University]]

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

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* {{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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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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