by Bimal Khadka | Jul 8, 2022 | Blog, Peace & Security
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.
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Feb 15, 2022 | Actions, Peace & Security
Medical professionals call for diplomacy to avert a humanitarian disaster Sign the IPPNW medical appeal Health workers in Europe take their responsibility for preventive action to save lives very seriously. The pandemic has shown how much effort they are prepared to...
by IPPNW | Sep 25, 2021 | Events, Online, Social, Climate & Environment, Peace & Security
A concert to honour the work of GBPSR and IPPNW co-founder Dr. Bernard Lown, who, together with Dr. Evgeny Chazov of the Soviet Union, accepted the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize on IPPNW’s behalf
by Bimal Khadka | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog, Peace & Security
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, they reaffirmed the principle that “Nuclear war cannot be won and must never be...
by Bimal Khadka | Apr 19, 2021 | Blog, Peace & Security
Medact member and junior doctor Bimal Khadka reports on the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War’s first ever online international council.
by Aiyan Maharasingam | Mar 12, 2021 | Events, Meetings, Online, Peace & Security
Medact is part of an international network IPPNW and this meeting is an opportunity to find out about their plans for the year.
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Jan 22, 2021 | Events, Actions, Online, Peace & Security
This Friday 22nd January, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is entering into international law! 🕊️ This is a big step toward the total elimination of nuclear weapons. ⚖️ The Treaty means that all nuclear weapons activity will be illegal under...
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | May 25, 2020 | Events, Conferences, Peace & Security
Sadly the IPPNW 23rd World Congress in Mombasa, Kenya has had to be postponed. New dates have not yet been set as we will be monitoring the worldwide health situation.
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Apr 4, 2019 | Events, Meetings, Peace & Security
A lunch-time meeting with Chuck Johnson from the IPPNW to discuss the humanitarian and environmental threat posed by nuclear war, and what health professionals can do to demand change.
by Nuclear Weapons Group | Nov 11, 2018 | Blog
On the centenary of the end of the most devastating humanitarian catastrophe the world had hitherto ever seen, in which at least 20 million people were killed and over 21 million wounded, Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group warn of the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe on an even greater scale.
by IPPNW | Oct 24, 2018 | Blog, Headlines, Peace & Security
Statement from the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War responding to the concerning recent announcement that the United States will be withdrawing from the Treaty on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF).
by Frank Boulton | Jun 2, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Peace & Security
The draft of the text of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty was released in Geneva on May 22nd by the president of the negotiating conference, Elayne Whyte Gomez of Costa Rica. The text is available here: http://www.icanw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BanDraft.pdf....
