Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us
<ns5:p>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 UN comprehensive study on the effects of nuclear war.</ns5:p>
Authors
- Marion Birch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4155-2202)
- Paul Yonga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1991-9992)
- James Kashugyera Tumwine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3422-7460)
- José Florencio F. Lapeña (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-1878)
- 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)
- Robert M. Marsh
- 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
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Open Research
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/healthopenres.13863.1
- Primary Topic
- Nuclear Issues and Defense
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00