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Incredible work from our student chapters!
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Dr. Ruth Mitchell, IPPNW Board chair, recently returned from two weeks in Gaza, supporting patients with critical and complex injuries. During the trip she worked at two hospitals, Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the middle of Gaza, and al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

In interviews since her return she has shared her experience from hospitals in Gaza, celebrating, witnessing, and acknowledging the resilience of Palestinian healthcare professionals.

Click through to share her witness

You can find her whole interview with Croakey Health Media through https://peaceandhealthblog.com/2026/05/06/shining-a-light-on-the-health-care-crisis-in-gaza/

IPPNW delegates joined SB64 (the 64th session of the Subsidiary Body for the UN Climate Change Conference, often referred to as COP) last week to amplify the health community in pushing for climate justice, and to talk about the deep interconnections between the climate crisis, nuclear weapons, militarization, and public health.

🕊Our delegates attended and supported the Feminists Against Militarism action, where our partners at Peace Boat amplified the call to end militarism for climate justice.
⚠We pushed back on the narrative that nuclear energy is a healthy and safe solution to the climate crisis. Throughout the conference our delegates spread the message: “Don’t nuke the climate!”
🌱Dr. Angelika Claussen spoke at a side event on Peace and Climate Justice, which we co-hosted, on the importance of moving beyond silos in our work addressing the two existential threats of nuclear weapons and climate.

Thank you to our IPPNW delegates Patrick Schukalla and Dr. Angelika Claussen for bringing our message to SB64!

Molly McGinty, IPPNW Program Director, was interviewed alongside Tina Cordova, Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium leader, for the new Back from the Brink: podcast. Give it a listen now via the link below.

This week, at the Bonn Climate Meeting, Dr. Angelika Claussen spoke at a side event "Peace and Climate Justice: Emissions, Finance and Equity" hosted by Peace Boat, IPPNW, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the Maleya Foundation , and theTransnational Institute. Dr. Claussen spoke about the role of the health community in addressing the two existential threats of nuclear weapons and climate, and the importance of working together beyond silos.

Read the full statement awww.peaceandhealthblog.com

Stay tuned for more from our delegation at SB64!

The nuclear-armed states spent 119 billion dollars on nuclear weapons in 2025. This is a 19% increase from last year. This wasted money could be better spent to address any number of humanitarian or health challenges, or to build real national or global security. Continued exorbitant nuclear weapons spending erodes global health and peace.

Take a look at the new report by ICAN: Premeditated: 2025 global nuclear weapons spending
www.icanw.org/premeditated_2025_global_nuclear_weapons_spending

Nuclear weapons and nuclear energy pose unique risks to our environment, health, and peace. This , we raise caution for the humanitarian and environmental risks of nuclear energy production and call for a rapid transition to renewable energy to help address the climate crisis and prevent disaster.

"The notion that the lessons of Fukushima and Chernobyl have been learned and that such disasters will not be repeated is worse than wishful thinking."

Read the full statement from the Nagasaki Declaration issued at IPPNW's 24th World Congress: https://peaceandhealthblog.com/2025/10/04/ippnw-world-congress-issues-nagasaki-declaration/

If you had 3.6 Trillion Dollars💸, would you build a missile defense system that leaves over 75 million Americans at risk? Or would you rather fund nearly 2.7 million nurses 🩺for 10 years? What makes you feel more safe?

Read the report by IPPNW, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Back from the Brink to learn about the false promise that is the "Golden Dome" and the risks and costs it places on the United States. (Spoiler alert: it is a Golden Scam)

IPPNW.org/golden-dome-or-golden-scam