Marion Birch

2 weeks ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kamran Abbasi |Parveen Ali |Virginia Barbour |Marion Birch

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.

2 weeks ago | tandfonline.com | Kamran Abbasi |Parveen Ali |Virginia Barbour |Marion Birch

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 [Citation1]. 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.

3 weeks ago | bmj.com | Kamran Abbasi |Parveen Ali |Virginia Barbour |Marion Birch

Kamran Abbasi, editor in chief1, Parveen Ali, editor in chief2, Virginia Barbour, editor in chief, Marion Birch, editor in chief4, Inga Blum, At-large board member5, Peter Doherty, 1996 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine, Andy Haines, professor of environmental change and public health6, Ira Helfand, past president5, Richard Horton, editor in chief7, Kati Juva, co-president5, Jose F Lapena8, Jrvice president, Robert Mash, editor in chief9, Olga Mironova, co-president5, Arun Mitra, past...