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IPPNW Interview: Homsuk Swomen and Ogebe Onazi

Medical students active with IPPNW’s Nigerian affiliate Society of Nigerian Doctors for the Welfare of Mankind (SNDWM) were inspired to create a radio show to promote peace. The program has been airing...

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Climate Change And Global Security – Recipes for Disaster

Tova Fuller & Lauren Zajac By now, it is obvious to most that the effects of climate change on human health are manifold.  Heat waves themselves pose a danger, causing heat exhaustion, heat stroke...

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Student Activism and Organizing on Nuclear Weapons

What follows is a speech given by Tova Fuller on Monday, October 26th, 2009, at the International Youth Dialogue on Nuclear Disarmament, which is put on by the Project for Nuclear Awareness. Thank you...

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The International Youth Dialogue for Nuclear Disarmament, Day 1

This is a key time for youth organizing on nuclear weapons, and the Project for Nuclear Awareness (PNA) is doing something about it.  The International Youth Dialogue for Nuclear Disarmament started...

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The International Youth Dialogue for Nuclear Disarmament, Day 2

Day 2 of the International Youth Dialogue for Nuclear Disarmament was focused on action.  It started with Alyn Ware, Global Coordinator for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and...

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From a citizen of the world to Nobel Peace Laureates

Next generation of IPPNW peacemakers at Nobel summit in Berlin [Mikhail Gorbachev chaired the 10th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in the German capitol of Berlin, November 9-11, 2009 in conjunction...

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Indian Doctors for Peace and Development

The 8th National Conference of the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) began on 29th January 2010 with peace rally outside Taj Mahal.

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The 2010 NPT Review Conference: May 5th

By Tova Fuller For those students who have never attended the NPT review conference, I would like to first give a snapshot of what the experience–or at least the first couple of days–is like.  First,...

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Slaves of fear

By Malte Andre On the 14th of June 1946, when Bernard Baruch presented his famous plan to the United Nations Energy Commission, nuclear abolition was within reach. “If we fail”, the report said, “then...

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Target Tallin

On April 24, at the conclusion of the European Student Congress, IPPNW medical students held another Target X installation in Tallinn, Estonia.

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Mazda “Make Things Better” Award to small arms project by IPPNW affiliates

An exciting new South/North project of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Finland in cooperation with the Society of Nigerian Doctors for the Welfare of Mankind (SNDWM), Zambian Healthworkers...

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Medical students expand their horizons in Tunisia

We were invited by the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA) to join their Pre General Assembly (preGA) meeting, from 27 February to 3 March in Hammamet, Tunisia, leading up...

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Injury Prevention publishes results of IPPNW victim assistance project in Zambia

By Dr. Michael Schober, Dr. Robert Mtonga and Maria Valenti How can we foster more South-North projects on violence prevention that don’t cost a fortune? Can a grassroots project with a lot of...

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“Break the Chain” of violence key theme at 1st IPPNW Asian Youth Congress

By Bimal Khadka, Nepal, IPPNW International Student Representative Young doctors and medical students from throughout Asia overcame vast geographical boundaries, cultural barriers and financial...

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Indian Doctors Launch Nationwide “Health through Peace” Campaign

More than 450 units of blood collected during “Don’t Shed Blood, Donate Blood” drives IPPNW’s affiliate Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) has launched a year-long series of creative...

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Gun Runners, Poaching and Armed Violence Prevention Featured at Nairobi...

By Dr. Peter Mburu, IPPNW-Kenya On the 17th of June 2016, I had the privilege of representing IPPNW-Kenya at an #ArmsFreeAfrica NGO strategy meeting in Nairobi hosted by the Control Arms coalition. The...

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Kenya medical students: What do the SDGs have to do with health and peace?

By Dr. Peter Mburu, Kenya Association of Physicians and Medical Workers for Social Responsibility (IPPNW-Kenya) Myself and other members of the Kenya Association of Physicians and Medical Workers for...

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Contamination from nuclear test explosions is in every one of our bodies

[IPPNW co-president Tilman Ruff spoke in Melbourne on October 10 at the launch of a special issue of the International Review of the Red Cross on The human cost of nuclear weapons. The full text of his...

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Kenyan medical students remember Garissa massacre

By Kelvin Kibet, Kenyan Medical Students for Social Responsibility Medical Peace Work graduates from Kenyatta University (KU) together with the KU Christian Union commemorated the anniversary of the...

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Faslane to York: The “Health Through Peace” bike tour

A group of medical students and doctors from all over the world (Kenya, India, Pakistan, Germany, Nepal, Nicaragua and Russia) came together here in Scotland today to cycle to this year's “Health...

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