Category: Health and Human Rights

Happy New Year - January Newsletter full of ideas, info and opportunities!

January 24, 2010 by admin

Happy New 2010 - the latest newsletter is available for download here!

We hope to see you at an Alma Mata event this year!

Alma Mata Global Health Newsletter - October 2009

September 26, 2009 by admin

Alma Mata Global Health Newsletter - March 2009

September 26, 2009 by admin

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Politicians must heed health effects of climate change

September 18, 2009 by admin

BMJ 2009;339:b3672

The report on climate change and health commissioned by University College London and the Lancet concludes: "Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century."1 In this report, the authors emphasise not only the immediacy and gravity of this threat but also the directness: while the poorest in the world will be the first affected, none will be spared. The escalating carbon footprint of the developed world has led to the present situation, but the rapid impact on developing countries such as the encroaching deserts in Africa is the immediate price.

Sarah Morgan - Careers Interview 2009

August 1, 2009 by timkilleen

Medsin Conference to Focus on Aid and Humanitarian Intervention

March 20, 2009 by timkilleen

From March 28th to 29th 2009, Medsin Manchester will host over 550 delegates from around the UK for two days of topical and controversial debates, workshops, campaigns and exhibitions.

The focus of this year’s conference is 'Healthy Interventions', using contemporary case studies to illustrate controversial issues:

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel: Call for medical experts for a fact-finding mission in Gaza

January 25, 2009 by Fred

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel are seeking experts for an urgent independent fact-finding mission to travel immediately into Gaza for collection of evidence regarding:

• Causes of injuries and of deaths with relation to types of arms used
• Attacks on medical facilities and teams
• Evacuation of the wounded and the dead
• Impact of the attack on the health system
• Impact of the attack on public health issues
• Other medically-related violations

Migrants endure increasing violence and discrimination, says UN rights expert

November 10, 2007 by News Editor

Migrants are increasingly subject to violence and discrimination, from prolonged detention to ill-treatment from authorities, in countries of both destination and transit, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants said today.

Jorge Bustamante told the General Assembly’s third committee (social, humanitarian and cultural issues) that his field visits during the past year have confirmed the rising attacks and other pressures that migrants are enduring.

Medical professionals break ethical oath with lethal injection

October 6, 2007 by News Editor

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
AI Index: POL 30/023/2007
4 October 2007

Doctors and nurses should not participate in executions ordered by the state in breach of their ethical oath, said Amnesty International in a new report today.

The report, Execution by lethal injection – a quarter century of state poisoning looks at the legal and ethical implications of the use of the lethal injection across the world.