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Peace and Health Blog
- Personal memories of a war that did not happenby Gunnar Westberg on September 19, 2024 at 7:07 pm
For twenty years, starting in 1983, IPPNW delegations visited the former Soviet Union frequently, sometimes twice a year. The Swedish affiliate arranged most of these, in cooperation with the Soviet IPPNW. I participated in most of these meetings, and rely mostly on my own memories in recounting them. The respect for our dedication as doctors to
- The consequences of climate change are neither distant nor theoreticalby IPPNW on September 18, 2024 at 6:10 pm
by Yusuf Dominic On the night of 10 September 2024, Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria, experienced its worst flooding in more than 30 years. This disaster has claimed about 30 lives and displaced over 400,000 people, with nearly 40% of the city submerged. Homes, hospitals, and schools have been severely impacted by the floods. I too,
- A Push for Africa’s Leadership in the Universalization of the Nuclear Banby IPPNW on September 16, 2024 at 6:03 pm
by Dr. Kelvin Kibet, Deputy Chair and African Regional Vice President of IPPNW, Kenya As the disarmament community braces for the 3rd Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in March 2025, and the global diplomatic community prepares for the 2024 United Nations General Assembly, the push for
- The law of force or the force of lawby Lawrence Wittner on September 12, 2024 at 7:50 pm
Are the nations of the world doomed to go on fighting the brutal, horrifying wars that have long characterized human history? We might well wonder about that as we watch, aghast, while Israeli armed forces slaughter thousands of Palestinian civilians, Russian military might relentlessly pounds Ukrainian towns and cities into rubble, and new, bloody wars erupt
- Making nuclear weapons tabooby IPPNW on August 26, 2024 at 9:16 pm
by Carlos Umaña When the Cold War ended in 1991 and the Doomsday Clock was at its furthest from midnight, the world sighed in relief. The prevailing thought was that, in a world that was no longer bipolar, there would be no more use for nuclear weapons, so the superpowers would disarm, and we would
In March 2023, IPPNW established a new office in Geneva, the “Peace Capital” of the world. In just a year, IPPNW’s presence in the center for medicine and world peace is facilitating our ability to better coordinate with the like-minded organizations. Major highlights include meeting with WHO Director General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, to discuss the renewal of the WHO’s 1987 study, “Effects of Nuclear War on Health and Health Services”; coordinating more than 150 medical journals, including the Lancet and the British Medical Journal, to call for urgent steps to decrease the growing danger of nuclear war; participating in Norwegian People’s Aid and the ICRC’s NukeEXPO in Brussels and Oslo; and much more.
Join IPPNW and Greater Boston PSR this September for our 7th annual Global Health and Peace Awards.
This year’s event will honor Drs. Elaine Scarry and Richard Clapp for the extraordinary work they have done as longtime leaders for climate action and nuclear disarmament. We will also give our first Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Robert Jay Lifton.
We are thrilled to gather with you this September to enjoy beautiful live music, food and drink, and socializing with friends and colleagues who share our concern about the twin existential threats of nuclear war and climate change. A quartet from the Longwood Symphony Orchestra will provide the evening’s musical entertainment.
Secure your ticket, become a sponsor, and learn more at gbpsr.org.