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.
IPPNW Europe Meeting
Medact is part of an international network IPPNW and this meeting is an opportunity to find out about their plans for the year.
Spread The Word: Nuclear Weapons Are Banned!
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...IPPNW World Congress XXIII: Disarmament, Development and Health [POSTPONED]
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.
Momentum Toward Nuclear Weapons Abolition and the Role of Nuclear Weapons States
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.
The risks of US abrogation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty on the centenary of WW1
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.
US and Russia must preserve INF Treaty, begin negotiations for nuclear abolition
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).
Release of the draft Ban Treaty
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....Call for Papers – Opportunity to Speak at Health Through Peace 2017
We’re inviting researchers, speakers and organisations to present on a range of topics, from militarisation and violence, to the refugee crisis and climate change. Download the call for papers application form here. We are particularly interested in applicants...Report from IPPNW Delegate Meeting in Moscow
Delegates from the IPPNW Regions of Western Europe and Russia met in Moscow on 21 and 22 February 2017: Dr Ira Helfand (USA), IPPNW Co-President, also attended. The West Europeans were led by IPPNW Regional Vice-president Dr Angela Claussen (Germany); and those from...Health Through Peace 2017 – Programme
See the latest speakers and sessions for the coming Medact Forum / IPPNW World Congress