Medact´s 15th year
A right to health for all
September 2007 In 2006 Medact promoted the right of all people to the highest attainable standard of health inmany diverse situations. This is a right not even guaranteed to some of the most vulnerable people in the UK. Through the Refugee Health Network and the Reaching Out Project, Medact tried to ensure that ‘failed’ asylumseekers have access to healthcare. Meanwhile the NHS continues to benefit from health professionals trained overseas, often by far poorer governments than our own.
International Student Project
The Refugee Camp Project
May 3, 2006 In the Refugee Camp project (ReCap), medical students from all over the world have the chance to live and work in a refugee camp for one month each summer, mainly working in the health units and with the children of the camps. For the past two years, our Palestinian students have hosted groups of IPPNW students in Bethlehem refugee camps and since last year, IFMSA has joined this program.
German affiliate of IPPNW
Clara Immerwahr Award goes to Osman Murat Ülke
18. 01. 2007: This year’s Clara Immerwahr Award will be given to Osman Murat Ülke who has consistently defended his right to conscientious objection in Turkey. Because of this he has faced extreme personal disadvantages over many years. On March 3, 2007, the German affiliate of IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War) will present the award to Coskus Üsterci, Ülke’s representative, in the Georges Casalis Room of the Französische Friedrichsstadt Church in Berlin. Ülke himself has not been allowed to leave Turkey for several years. more...
Nobel Peace Prize Congress in Rome, 2005
Statement of the Nobel Peace Laureates
November 23-26, 2005 "As Nobel Peace Laureates and Nobel Peace Laureate organizations we have gathered in Rome, Italy these past three days and deliberated on global issues with a particular concern regarding Africa. Our rapidly changing complex and contradictory world presents several features that must be recognized if we are to build more effective governance for a better world order: Globalization is accelerating and despite recognized interdependencies billions of people remain excluded from its benefits. New giants, such as China, India and Brazil are emerging and no solution to world challenges can be achieved without their full participation." more...
