Final WMA GA Stella & Kati IPPNW Presentation

International Physicians for the Prevention of
Nuclear War
IPPNW
Co-President – International Student Representative
Dr. Kati Juva & Stella Ziegler
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL’S DUTY TO RESPOND TO THE EXISTENTIAL THREATS TO LIFE ON
EARTH
IPPNW –
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
● Founded in 1980
● Nobel Peace Prize 1985
● Affiliates in over 40 countries
● Including Russia and North Korea
● Active student chapter
Goal – to prevent nuclear war
● Raising the awareness of the humanitarian and environmental
consequences of nuclear weapons
● Promoting the UN treaty on the Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons
(TPNW)
● Working with WHO to get them to renew their report on the
consequences of nuclear war on health and health services (previous
report from 1987)
● Working with many other organisations (WMA, IFMSA, ICRC etc.)
Humanitarian impacts of Nuclear Weapons
Hiroshima 6.8.1945
Nuclear Winter
● Regional nuclear war between India and Pakistan
● 250 Hiroshima size “small” 15kt warheads
● Less than 2 % of world nuclear arsenals
● Over 50 million immediate casualties, large areas contaminated with
radioactivity
● Enormous amounts of soot and dust into the atmosphere
● Temperature drop 4◦C
Nuclear Famine
•Nuclear winter can last 10 years
•Food production drops dramatically
•After 2 year 926 million people without
food
•Not to mention epidemics, conflicts etc.
Elimination of
Nuclear Weapons
is an urgent
medical,
humanitarian and
public health
imperative!
What role health professionals must play:
We have the duty to …
● protect
● prevent
● treat
● advocate
● promote
● educate
● research
What’s there to do?
TPNW WHO report Engagement
Engagement & Youth Power
International & national student activities
Partner Organisations
No health system in the world could carry the
consequences of nuclear war!
We have to eliminate nuclear weapons before they eliminate
us!
We have to prevent what we cannot treat!
Thank you for your attention!
Dr. Kati Juva & Stella Ziegler
juva.kati@gmail.com – ziegler@ippnw.de
IPPNW Co-President
International & German Student Representative