1.Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible Global Health Emergency
Kamran Abbasi ; Parveen Ali ; Virginia Barbour ; Thomas Benfield ; Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo ; Stephen Hancocks ; Richard Horton ; Laurie Laybourn-Langton ; Robert Mash ; Peush Sahni ; Wadeia Mohammad Sharief ; Paul Yonga ; Chris Zielinsk
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2023;38(2):6-8
Over 200 health journals call on the United Nations, political leaders, and health professionals to recognise that climate change and biodiversity loss are one indivisible crisis and must be tackled together to preserve health and avoid catastrophe. This overall environmental crisis is now so severe as to be a global health emergency.
Armed Conflicts
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Nuclear Energy
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Radiation
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Climate Change
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Global Warming
2.COP27 climate change conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the World
Lukoye Atwoli ; Gregory E. Erhabor ; Aiah A. Gbakima ; Abraham Haileamlak ; Jean-Marie Kayembe Ntumba ; James Kigera ; Laurie Laybourn-Langton ; Robert Mash ; Joy Muhia ; Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi ; David Ofori-Adjei ; Friday Okonofua ; Arash Rashidian ; Maha El-Adawy ; Siaka Sidibé ; Abdelmadjid Snouber ; James Tumwine ; Mohammad Sahar Yassien ; Paul Yonga ; Lilia Zakhama ; Chris Zielinski
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2022;37(2):6-7
3.Reducing the risks of nuclear war - the role of health professionals
Kamran Abbasi ; Parveen Ali ; Virginia Barbour ; Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo ; Marcel GM Olde Rikkert ; Andy Haines ; Ira Helfand ; Richard Horton ; Robert Mash ; Arun Mitra ; Carlos Monteiro ; Elena N. Naumova ; Eric J. Rubin ; Tilman Ruff ; Peush Sahni ; James Tumwine ; Paul Yonga ; Chris Zielinski
Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2023;38(2):9-10
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’s before midnight, reflecting the growing risk of nuclear war.1 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.2 The danger has been underlined by growing tensions between many nuclear armed states.1,3 As editors of health and medical journals worldwide, we call on health professionals to alert the public and our leaders to this major danger to public health and the essential life support systems of the planet—and urge action to prevent it.
Armed Conflicts
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Nuclear Energy
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Radiation
4.COP27 Climate change conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the World
Lukoye Atwoli ; Gregory E. Erhabor ; Aiah A. Gbakima ; Abraham Haileamlak ; Jean-Marie Kayembe Ntumba ; James Kigera ; Laurie Laybourn-Langton ; Bob Mash ; Joy Muhia ; Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi ; David Ofori-Adjei ; Friday Okonofua ; Arash Rashidian ; Maha El-Adawy ; Siaka Sidibé ; ; Abdelmadjid Snouber ; James Tumwine ; Mohammad Sahar Yassien ; Paul Yonga ; Lilia Zakhama ; Chris Zielinski
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines Journal 2022;23(2):5-8