https://doi.org/10.4081/btvb.2023.94

Reducing the risks of nuclear war - The role of health professionals

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023)
Published: 21 August 2023
Editorial, nuclear war, health professionals
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Authors

  • Kamran Abbasi Editor-in-Chief, British Medical Journal, United Kingdom.
  • Parveen Ali Editor-in-Chief, International Nursing Review, United Kingdom.
  • Virginia Barbour Editor-in-Chief, Medical Journal of Australia, Australia.
  • Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo Editor-in-Chief, JAMA, United States.
  • Marcel G.M. Olde Rikkert Editor-in-Chief, Dutch Journal of Medicine, Netherlands.
  • Andy Haines London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.
  • Ira Helfand Past President, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, United States.
  • Richard Horton Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet, United Kingdom.
  • Bob Mash Editor-in-Chief, African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, South Africa.
  • Arun Mitra Past President, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, India.
  • Carlos Monteiro Editor-in-Chief, Revista de Saúde Pública, Brazil.
  • Elena N. Naumova Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Public Health Policy, United States.
  • Eric J. Rubin Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine, United States.
  • Tilman Ruff Past President, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, United States.
  • Peush Sahni Editor-in-Chief, National Medical Journal of India, India.
  • James Tumwine Editor-in-Chief, African Health Sciences, Uganda.
  • Paul Yonga Editor-in-Chief, East African Medical Journal, Kenya.
  • Chris Zielinski • czielinski@ippnw.org World Association of Medical Editors; University of Winchester, United Kingdom.

In January 2023, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward to 90 seconds before midnight, reflecting the growing risk of nuclear war. In August 2022, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world is now in “a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.” The danger has been underlined by growing tensions between many nuclear armed states [...].

 

Note: this Editorial is being published simultaneously in multiple journals. For the full list of journals see: https://www.bmj.com/content/full-list-authors-and-signatories-nuclear-risk-editorial-august-2023.

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Abbasi, K., Ali, P., Barbour, V., Bibbins-Domingo, K., Olde Rikkert, M. G., Haines, A., … Zielinski, C. (2023). Reducing the risks of nuclear war - The role of health professionals. Bleeding, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/btvb.2023.94
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