World Congresses

IPPNW World Congresses are held every two years. The 19th World Congress was held in the Swiss city of Basel from August 25-30, 2010 and attended by 800+ medical students, physicians, public health specialists, healthworkers and other activists. Plenary speeches, videos and links can be found on the main Congress website: www.ippnw2010.org

Additional photos from the 19th World Congress in Basel can be found on flickr and in the Congress blog.

The 20th IPPNW World Congress will be held in Hiroshima, Japan
Medical Student Congress: August 22 and 23 (Wednesday and Thursday)
Main Congress: August 24 – 26 (Friday to Sunday)

Previous IPPNW World Congresses

1. Airlie,Virginia, USA 1981
2. Cambridge, United Kingdom 1982
3. Amsterdam, Netherlands 1983
4. Espoo/Helsinki, Finland 1984
5. Budapest, Hungary 1985
6. Cologne, FRG 1986
7. Moscow, USSR 1987
8. Montreal, Canada 1988
9. Hiroshima/Nagasaki, Japan 1989
10. Stockholm, Sweden 1991
11. Mexico City, Mexico 1993
12. Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 1996
13. Melbourne, Australia - December 4-6, 1998
14. Paris, France 2000
15. Washington D.C., USA 2002
16. Beijing, China 2004
17. Helsinki, Finland 2006
18. New Delhi, India 2008
19. Basel, Switzerland - August 25-30, 2010 [WEBSITE]
20. Hiroshima, Japan - 2012 [WEBSITE]