Medact

Medact "is a global health charity tackling issues at the centre of international policy debates. Led by its health professional membership it undertakes education, research and advocacy on the health implications of conflict, development and environmental change, with a special focus on the developing world.

"Medact was formed by a merger of two older organisations in 1992. The first, the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, was founded by Sir Richard Doll, Horace Joules, Lionel Penrose and others in 1951 during the Korean War as a medical lobby for peace. The second, the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons, was founded in 1980 and was instrumental in undermining the idea that nuclear war was "survivable". Medact's work on war and weapons continues today, and is now complemented by action on the health impacts of poverty and environmental change."

Partners/Donors

Accessed October 2007:

• People's Health Movement
• Wemos
• International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
• International Health and Medical Education Centre
• Exchange
• International Society of Doctors for the Environment
• Landmine Action
• MedSIN
• Missile Defense Working Group
• Global Equity Gauge Alliance
• GEGA
• Pugwash
• Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
• International Development Research Centre
• British Medical Association

Medact President & Vice Presidents

Accessed October 2007:

• President - June Crown, CBE (former President of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine)

Vice Presidents

• Naaz Coker
• P J Graham
• Andrew Haines
• David Morley
• Alex Poteliakhoff
• Hannah Segal
• Gill Walt
• Helen Zealley

Directors

Accessed October 2007:

• Frank Boulton - Chair
• Robin Stott
• Judy Cook
• Cathy Read
• Gilles de Wildt Gilles
• Ian Fairlie
• Elisabeth McElderry
• Rebecca McNair
• Jack Piachaud
• Peter Poore
• Liz Waterston

Contact

Web: http://www.medact.org

Resources and articles

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