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Medact is a non-profit organisation and registered charity<ref>{{cite web|url=|publisher=}}</ref> for and of health professionals. Its current director is Dr David McCoy, a public health physician and academic. Medact was formed in 1992 following the merger of [[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 organisations, Medact broadened its mission to include the health threats posed by [[climate change]] and [[economic inequality]].
Medact is an organisation of British health professionals concerned with nuclear proliferation and other problems of a global nature.

==Medact's history==


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


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) and the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW). Members protested against the [[British replacement of the Trident system]].


Medact is affiliated to [[International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War]].<ref>http://www.medact.org/wmd_nuclear.php</ref>
Medact is affiliated to [[International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War]].<ref>http://www.medact.org/wmd_nuclear.php</ref>

Revision as of 15:48, 8 June 2016

Medact
Founded1992 (1992)
TypeCharity for health professionals
Location
Area served
Worldwide
Members1500
Websitemedact.org

Medact is a non-profit organisation and registered charity[1] for and of health professionals. Its current director is Dr David McCoy, a public health physician and academic. Medact was formed in 1992 following the merger of 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 organisations, Medact broadened its mission to include the health threats posed by climate change and economic inequality.

Pamphlet: The medical consequences of nuclear war.


Medact is affiliated to International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.[2]

Medact's previous work

Medact has been tracking the health impact of the war in Iraq.[3] 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.[4]

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".[5]

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

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.[6]

Collaborators

References

  1. ^ {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help)
  2. ^ http://www.medact.org/wmd_nuclear.php
  3. ^ http://www.medact.org/pub_reports.php
  4. ^ countthecasualties.org.uk
  5. ^ http://www.medact.org/hpd_brain_drain.php
  6. ^ "ghwatch.org".
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