What’s to be done?
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What’s to be done?
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Underlying social pathologies
• Inequality
• Democratic failings
• Neoliberalism
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Inequality
Not just a moral issue …..
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Inequality
Not just a moral issue …..
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Democratic failings
A crisis of democracy in spite of worldwide growth in number of representative democracies
circumvention of democracy
globalisation
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Neoliberalism
Not just a set of theories and ideas ….
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Neoliberalism
Not just a set of theories and ideas ….
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Neoliberalism
Not just a set of theories and ideas ….
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Social vaccines and treatments?• Hope
• Courage
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Social vaccines and treatments?• Hope
• Courage
• Knowledge
• Imagination
• Organisation
• Public Health
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Formed in 1992 by the merger of Medical Campaign Against Nuclear War (MCANW) and Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW)
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Small
2.2 staff
Office in London.
Income of £110K
Independent: 95% income from membership subscriptions and donations
Medact Now
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There is a need for an organisation of health professionals to act on the upstream determinants of health; and to approach health from a social and political perspective.
Medact seeks to harness the expertise, mandate and ethical principles of health professionals and others working on health.
Revitalising Medact
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Revitalising Medact
Weapons and War Economic Justice Ecology and Climate Change
Health and Human Rights
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Grow the organisation: Five to ten staffMembership of 3,000
Active support of campaigns / advocacy involving tens of thousands:Key targets for advocacy:
• Politicians• BMA, Royal Colleges, WHO
Increase project-based funding
Provide a platform for other groups and existing initiatives
Medact Future
Help coalesce the dispersed and atomised progressive health community.
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Revitalising Medact: CommunicationsWebsite
Social media, e-campaigns, effective office infrastructure
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Partners and collaborators
Board
Weapons and War Council
Climate and Ecology Council
Economic Justice Council
Health and Human Rights Council
Office / Staff
Projects / Activity Groups / Area groups
Members and Supporters
Revitalising Medact: Structure and Organisation
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Post-Conference Work• Strategic Planning
• Policy and Analysis
• Fundraising
• Mobilising
• Partnering and Coalescing
• Campaigning
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