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Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is launching a video contest - Toasters for Congress to encourage creative, effective, engaging activism. What are your ideas for how to save the world? Share them with PSR.

 

IPPNW blog: Politics is the art of the possible
Blog post by Gunnar Westberg

 

IPPNW students at the 2009 Nobel Peace Laureates Summit
Report by Tova Fuller
Blog post by Agyeno Ehase

 

Australian federal parliament report clearly and unequivocally calls for the support of a Nuclear Weapons Convention.
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World Physicians issue Medical Appeal to Obama, Medvedev for elimination of nuclear weapons
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IPPNW is the only international medical organization dedicated to preventing nuclear war and abolishing nuclear weapons. We recognize that the catastrophic health and environmental consequences of a nuclear war are at the extreme end of a continuum of armed violence that undermines health and security. IPPNW is committed to ending war and advancing understanding of the causes of armed conflict from a public health perspective.

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IPPNW is a non-partisan federation of national medical organizations in 62 countries, representing tens of thousands of doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned citizens who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation.

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