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Editorial

Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us

Auteurs

Kamran Abbasi1, Parveen Ali2, Virginia Barbour3, Marion Birch4, Inga Blum5, Peter Doherty6, Andy Haines7, Andy Haines8, Ira Helfand9, Richard Horton10, Kati Juva11, Jose F Lapena Jr12, Robert Mash13, Olga Mironova14, Arun Mitra15, Carlos Monteiro16, Elena N Naumova17, David Onazi18, Tilman Ruff19, Peush Sahni20, James Tumwine21, Carlos Umaña22, Paul Yonga23, Chris Zielinski24

Appartenances
  1. Kamran Abbasi, Managing Editor, BMJ;
  2. Parveen Ali, Managing Editor, International Nursing Review;
  3. Virginia Barbour, Managing Editor, Medical Journal of Australia;
  4. Marion Birch, Managing Editor, Medact & University College London;
  5. Inga Blum, At-large Board Member, IPPNW;
  6. Peter Doherty, 1996 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine;
  7. Andy Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine;
  8. Ira Helfand, Past President, IPPNW;
  9. Richard Horton, Managing Editor, The Lancet;
  10. Kati Juva, Co-President, IPPNW;
  11. Jose F. Lapena Jr, Vice-President, WAME;
  12. Robert Mash, Managing Editor, African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine;
  13. Olga Mironova, Co-President, IPPNW;
  14. Arun Mitra, Past President, IPPNW;
  15. Carlos Monteiro, Managing Editor, Revista de Saúde Pública;
  16. Elena N. Naumova, Managing Editor, Journal of Public Health Policy;
  17. David Onazi, Co-President, IPPNW; Tilman Ruff, Past President, IPPNW;
  18. Peush Sahni, Managing Editor, National Medical Journal of India;
  19. Tilman Ruff, Past President, IPPNW;
  20. James Tumwine, Managing Editor, African Health Sciences;
  21. Carlos Umaña, Co-President, IPPNW;
  22. Paul Yonga, Managing Editor, East African Medical Journal;
  23. Peush Sahni, Managing Editor, National Medical Journal of India;
  24. Chris Zielinski, President, WAME (Corresponding Author)

Corresponding author

Chris Zielinski, President, WAME

Received: May 4th, 2025

Accepted: May 15th, 2025

https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/aamed.v18i3.1

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 (1). 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.

The first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert 80 years ago, in July 1945. Three weeks later, two relatively small (by today’s standards), tactical-size nuclear weapons unleashed a cataclysm of radioactive incineration on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. By the end of 1945, about 213,000 people were dead (2). Tens of thousands more have died from late effects of the bombings.

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