Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War—The Role of Health Professionals

Abbasi, Kamran; Ali, Parveen; Barbour, Virginia; Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten; Rikkert, Marcel GM Olde; Gong, Peng; Haines, Andy; Helfand, Ira; Richard, Horton; Mitra, Arun; Monteiro, Carlos; Naumova, Elena N; Rubin, Eric J; Ruff, Tilman; Sahni, Peush; Tumwine, James; Yonga, Paul; Zielinski, Chris

doi:10.21608/ajgh.2023.315570

Reducing the Risks of Nuclear War—The Role of Health Professionals

Document Type : Editorials

Authors

¹ Editor-in-Chief, British Medical Journal

² Editor-in-Chief, International Nursing Review.

³ Editor-in-Chief, Medical Journal of Australia.

⁴ Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Medical Association

⁵ Editor-in-Chief, Dutch Journal of Medicine.

⁶ Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Science Bulletin.

⁷ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

⁸ Past President, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

⁹ Editor-in-Chief, African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine.

¹⁰ Editor-in-Chief, Revista de Saúde Pública.

¹¹ Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Public Health Policy.

¹² Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine.

¹³ Editor-in-Chief, National Medical Journal of India.

¹⁴ Editor-in-Chief, African Health Sciences.

¹⁵ Editor-in-Chief, East African Medical Journal.

¹⁶ University of Winchester.

10.21608/ajgh.2023.315570

Abstract

The danger is significant and growing. The nuclear-armed states must eliminate their nuclear arsenals before they eliminate us. The health community played a decisive part during the Cold War and, more recently, in developing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. We must retake this challenge as an urgent priority, working with renewed energy to reduce nuclear war risks and eliminate nuclear weapons.

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