Ending Nuclear Weapons, Before They End us
This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war. Health professionals and their associations should urge their governments to support such a mandate and support the new united nations comprehensive study on the effects of nuclear war.
Authors
- Robert Mash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-0774)
- Marion Birch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4155-2202)
- Paul Yonga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1991-9992)
- Jose F Lapena
- James Kashugyera Tumwine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3422-7460)
- Carlos Augusto Monteiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3777-1533)
- Olga Mironova
- Virginia M. Barbour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-2440)
- Chris Zielinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6596-698X)
- Igor R. Blum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6151-6516)
- Peush Sahni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6910-062X)
- Parveen Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-8130)
- Peter Doherty
- Elena N. Naumova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9562-4734)
- Andy Haines (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8053-4605)
- Kamran Abbasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6876-6370)
- Arun Mitra
- Ira Helfand
- Tilman Ruff
- Carlos Umaña
- Richard Horton
- David Onazi
Institutions
- Wacom (Japan) (JP)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Lancet Laboratories (ZA)
- Nobel Foundation (SE)
- Instituto de Saúde (BR)
- Primary Health Care (QA)
- University College London (GB)
- Institute for Public Policy Research (GB)
- Amref Health Africa (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2025.427937
- Primary Topic
- Nuclear Issues and Defense
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00