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IPPNW Action at COP29 for Disarmament, Climate Justice and Health
For the 29th UN climate conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and Medact sent official delegations to highlight human and environmental health. […]
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IPPNW Statement: ‘Urgent Call to Step Back from the Brink of Nuclear War’
On the eve of UNGA’s Summit of the Future, IPPNW released the Urgent Call to Step Back from the Brink of Nuclear War to address the growing risk of the […]
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Disarmament for Climate Justice and Health: reflections and direction following COP28
Back in December, the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), better known as COP28, hosted an unprecedented assembly of health delegates – […]
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Over 100 medical journals raise alarm over risk of nuclear war
More than 100 medical journals including Lancet, BMJ and JAMA have collaborated on a joint statement, calling for urgent steps to decrease the growing danger of nuclear war and to move rapidly to the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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A journey from darkness to light: 2023 IPPNW Bike Tour, Kenya
Medact member and IPPNW board member Bimal Khadka reflects on a five day, 500km ride across Kenya to attend the 2023 IPPNW World Congress in Mombasa.
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Hamburg IPPNW European Meeting ends with a call for Peace
IPPNW Europe gathered together in Hamburg over 20–22 January 2023 to discuss nuclear disarmament and the prevention of nuclear war
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Blueprint for nuclear disarmament: The First Meeting of Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
Nuclear Weapons Group member and Junior Doctor Bimal Khadka reflects on his time at the first meeting of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in Vienna.
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Steps in the right direction at the Biden-Putin Geneva Summit
On June 16th 2021, President Biden and President Putin’s joint declaration made at the Geneva summit gave hope of better diplomatic ties and a more stable relationship. In their statement, […]
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IPPNW holds first online international council
Medact member and junior doctor Bimal Khadka reports on the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War’s first ever online international council.
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Emergency Preparedness ─ COVID-19 was a failure, just imagine the fallout from a nuclear war
Junior Doctor, Bimal Khadaka, discusses the importance of strengthening the Planning and Mitigation phases of our global emergency control measures to prevent the harmful impacts of both pandemics and nuclear warfare