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Health Justice Highlights
Hi John,
Health Poverty Action started October with the launch of our first UK Aid Match campaign - Happy Mums, Happy Tums! The appeal aims to make long-term changes to nutrition and health in rural communities in Sierra Leone, reaching over 6,000 women and children. Donations made before the 31st December will be doubled by the UK government, making your donation go further to help empower communities to create sustainable sources of food and strengthen health services. To get involved you can donate to the appeal or buy a ticket to our Eat With Me event (details below).
It's been a busy month for policy announcements as party conferences were held around the country. Our Policy and Campaigns team hosted a series of impactful events at the Labour Party Conference and The World Transformed festival, some with queues out of the door, which were well attended by influential policy figures and MPs. We believe that in order to achieve global health for all we must also tackle the root cause of poor health, and our events reflected this by covering a range of topics- from drug policy to improving public services. You can read more about our events at the conference here. You can also listen to an interview with our Director, Martin Drewry, discussing what politicians think of aid following the conference.
Eat tasty food created by MasterChef finalists at our Eat With Me charity event!
Join us for our Eat with Me charity event at 6.30pm on Tuesday 22nd October in central London. Hosted by finalists from this years MasterChef, guests will be treated to special cooking demonstrations and an opportunity to taste dishes from around the world while meeting and talking to the chefs behind the inspiration.
All food and drink is included in the ticket price, as well as a goody bag!
All donations made on the night will be doubled by the UK government towards our Happy Mums, Happy Tums appeal!
Drug policy news
Health Poverty Action are active drug policy campaigners as part of our approach to reduce the root causes of poverty and ill health. We were pleased to see that the Scottish National Party has backed decriminalising the possession and consumption of drugs at its conference in Aberdeen, after delegates deemed current drug control legislation "not fit for purpose". This is based on research which shows that a policy approach focused on criminalisation doesn't work as well as one focused around public health. We recently published an article in Open Democracy following the news that drug related deaths in England and Wales are at an all-time high where we discussed the research further.
Health, poverty & the climate crisis
Health Poverty Action is proud to stand in solidarity with people all over the world working to demand action on the climate crisis. Read about why we joined the climate strikes here. We also published a blog on why we should recognise the effect of our society on climate disasters in the Global South such as Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe, which has impacted communities that we work with alongside our partner charity Find Your Feet.
We're also devastated to hear of the loss of David Sanders, one of the founders of the People's Health Movement and special advisor to Health Poverty Action. His death is in enormous loss to the health justice movement.
News we're reading
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to global health, experts warn
How Britain's opium trade impoverished Indians
'We Are Nations' What Environmental Justice Looks Like For Indigenous Peoples
Thanks for reading this month's highlights!
In Solidarity,
Sarah Cowen-Rivers
Media & Communications Manager
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