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  • Nuclear Weapons Group meeting: ICAN Cities Appeal

    September 27, 2021

    The Nuclear Weapons Group will be meeting to discuss next steps with our work to support the ICAN Cities Appeal.


  • Steps in the right direction at the Biden-Putin Geneva Summit

    July 21, 2021
    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, […]


  • IPPNW holds first online international council

    April 19, 2021
    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.


  • Stop NatWest investing in nuclear weapons-producing companies

    March 31, 2021
    Stop NatWest investing in nuclear weapons-producing companies

    Take action to stop NatWest investing in nuclear weapons-producing countries.


  • Emergency Preparedness ─ COVID-19 was a failure, just imagine the fallout from a nuclear war

    September 15, 2020
    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


  • Is there a place for civil nuclear power in the 21st century?

    October 14, 2019
    Is there a place for civil nuclear power in the 21st century?

    To correspond with the recent publication of the IPPNW-Germany paper ‘How Nuclear Power powers the Bomb’, we publish a blog by Frank Boulton outlining the financial, environmental, health and geo-political arguments around nuclear power.


  • ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn’s visit to UK’s Trident nuclear weapons base at Faslane

    April 24, 2018
    ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn’s visit to UK’s Trident nuclear weapons base at Faslane

    On her recent trip to the UK, ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn visited Scotland and the naval base at Faslane where Trident nuclear weapons are housed.


  • Doctors urge Britain to take lead on nuclear disarmament – The BMJ

    July 25, 2017
    Doctors urge Britain to take lead on nuclear disarmament – The BMJ

    Abbie Rimmer reports on Medact letter published in the Daily Telegraph today (25 July 2017) for BMJ News.


  • Keeping nuclear weapons is a high-risk gamble – Letter in the Telegraph

    July 25, 2017
    Keeping nuclear weapons is a high-risk gamble – Letter in the Telegraph

    To coincide with the launch of new Medact report ‘A safer world – Britain’s harmful dependence on nuclear weapons’  on Tuesday 25th July 2017, leading UK health professionals wrote a letter in […]


  • 6 reasons to believe in nuclear disarmament

    July 25, 2017
    6 reasons to believe in nuclear disarmament

    Our new report calls the UK Government to account for aggressive nuclear weapons policies and continued funding of Trident.


  • Health Through Peace 2017 – Programme

    February 15, 2017
    Health Through Peace 2017 – Programme

    See the latest speakers and sessions for the coming Medact Forum / IPPNW World Congress


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