IPPNW Aiming for Prevention Affiliate Initiatives

Physicians and allied health professionals throughout the IPPNW federation are making the case worldwide that "Guns are bad for health" and engaging in research, education, and policy design and development to translate data into action to prevent injuries and death from small arms and light weapons. They embrace as a central theme the IPPNW-developed One Bullet Story tool which has put a human face on the suffering of gun violence victims, and describes the enormous costs to individuals, families, communities and economies.

The IPPNW Aiming for Prevention (AfP) campaign is linking all the affiliates and enabling them to share best practices information, collaborate on projects, and enhance other voices in the federation on this important global public health issue. AfP supports our affiliates through Central Office fundraising, communications, campaign materials, technical advice, training and other resources.

Affiliates, members and students that have been leading the way on the AfP campaign include those in the global South regions of Central America, Africa, South Asia and the Pacific who are active in their own and well as neighboring countries, and on the international stage. They include the countries of El Salvador, Nicaragua, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, India, Pakistan, the Philippines and New Zealand. Student participation in countries around the world from Ecuador to Nepal are burgeoning under the banner of an International Student Coalition to Abolish Small Arms organized by IPPNW and US/PSR student leaders. Global North affiliates including those from the Canada, Norway, Finland, Germany and the United States have been actively supporting the work of Southern affiliates with financial and human resources, as well as student exchanges.

Please see affiliate profile pages for more detailed information on individual affiliate's participation in Aiming for Prevention country involvement and activities.