Tilman Ruff, an expert on immunization who consults with the WHO and the Australian Red Cross, is Co-President of IPPNW and former president of the Australian affiliate, MAPW. He serves […]
European health groups, including Medact, today launched new educational materials to educate nurses, doctors, students and others on the health aspects of war, violence and armed conflict. The new case […]
IPPNW press statement, September 17, 2015 IPPNW medical practitioners from 15 European countries appealed today to Presidents Poroshenko and Putin, the European Parliament and the OSCE to help lift the […]
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko European Parliament (contact group with Ukraine) Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe, Head of the OSCE monitoring […]
Dr Rosemary Field To Philip Dunne MP Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) Email: [email protected] Re: DSEI 15-18 September 2015 I am writing to you on behalf of the Nuclear Weapons […]
Photo: Blocked by rail, migrant’s walk through Hungary to reach Germany and Austria. The first week of this September month has seen an extra-ordinary set of responses to the mass-migration […]
by IPPNW [IPPNW co-presidents Ira Helfand and Vladimir Garkavenko have sent the following letter to Presidents Barack Obama of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia, expressing the Federation’s concern […]
Thank you to all those who contributed to our matched funding appeal to mark the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima! Nuclear weapons are the most destructive, inhumane and indiscriminate of weapons […]
Medact strongly objects to new legislation passed by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, enabling force-feeding of prisoners and detainees on hunger strike. Medact supports the Israel Medical Association’s principled opposition, […]
The following statement was issued today by the IPPNW Executive Committee. Medact is the UK affiliate of IPPNW – International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. IPPNW won the […]