Ending Nuclear Weapons, Before They End Us.

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Ending Nuclear Weapons, Before They End Us.

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 during the WHA in May 2025. This mandate is important as the world has witnessed a reduction in the commitment to nuclear arms reduction from the world's nuclear states indicating thata worldwide nuclear arms race is underway. The Marshall Islands, Samoa and Vanuatu, supported by seven co-sponsoring states and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), are working to renew WHO's mandateon nuclear weapons and health which lapsed in 2020.

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 war1. 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.