News Myanmar earthquake response: 15th April 2025 update from the team Date posted: 15th April, 2025 Health Poverty Action’s local team is delivering emergency aid to communities hardest hit by the earthquake in Myanmar, with a focus on urgent disease prevention to avoid outbreaks.
News Responding to the earthquakes in Myanmar Date posted: 2nd April, 2025 Health Poverty Action are mobilising resources to ensure families who are sleeping on the streets are safe and healthy.
News Policy and Campaigns OUT NOW: The Legal Regulation of Drugs: The Potential to Deliver Global Justice Date posted: 4th March, 2025 For the first time ever, key principles for drug reform have been set out across 9 key issues of global justice.
News UK government announce a further 40% cut to the ODA budget Date posted: 25th February, 2025 Martin Drewry, CEO of Health Poverty Action, responds to the news that the UK will cut its aid budget to fund defence spending.
Namibia News News Sierra Leone USAID freeze endangers health systems globally Date posted: 7th February, 2025 The Trump administration’s freeze on USAID funding is a direct assault on the health and dignity of marginalized communities worldwide.
News The hidden costs of drug prohibition: planetary health Date posted: 24th December, 2024 Prohibition’s repercussions extend beyond health injustices; these policies cause environmental destruction further contributing to injustices in climate and health.
News Climate justice is the only option Date posted: 19th December, 2024 The climate crisis is global, but its impacts are unequal. Those who contribute the least are facing the biggest impacts of the climate crisis. Climate justice is the only way we can ensure health justice.
News Newsletter Policy and Campaigns Health in Action – Winter 2024 Date posted: 12th December, 2024 Our winter newsletter, highlighting the interconnectedness of human and planetary health.
Africa Ethiopia News It’s Time to #ActOnNCDs: Understanding the Crisis, the Inaction, and the What Can Be Done Date posted: 17th October, 2024 Despite the rising burden of non-communicable diseases, policies, programmes, and investments fail to reflect the scale of the crisis.
News We must act now to enshrine the rights of older people Date posted: 1st October, 2024 Join us in standing with Age International to demand that the UK Government champion the creation of a UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons.