Catch up: War in Eastern Europe: On the Brink of a Humanitarian Disaster
Posted: 21st February 2022
This webinar is highly recommended.
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19 Feb 2022
The crisis in Eastern Europe could become a regional and global humanitarian catastrophe if war involving nuclear-armed nations erupts in Ukraine. IPPNW hosted an emergency briefing on 19 February with a distinguished panel of experts to examine the terrible human cost if diplomacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aPPU2eexnE&t=27s
Thank you for attending War in Eastern Europe: On the Brink of a Humanitarian Disaster. We hope you enjoyed our event.
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You can watch and share the full event recording now: https://youtu.be/6aPPU2eexnE
Add your name to the list of hundreds of health professionals taking a stance against a war in Europe: http://ippnw.eu/medical-appeal
If you have any questions for the panelists, you can contact each of them via email or contact IPPNW Central Office at [email protected]. Panelist contact information: Olga Mironova, M.D., M.P.H. ([email protected]); Barry Levy, M.D., M.P.H. ([email protected]); Linda Pentz Gunter ([email protected]); Ira Helfand, M.D. ([email protected]).
As requested during the event, here are a few references from the panelists:
-The Risk of Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine Bennett Ramberg. Project Syndicate: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ukraine-nuclear-reactor-risk-by-bennett-ramberg-2022-02
-A Ukraine Invasion Could Go Nuclear: 15 Reactors Would Be In War Zone Craig Hooper. Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighooper/2021/12/28/a-ukraine-invasion-will-go-nuclear-15-reactors-are-in-the-war-zone/?sh=37f8044627aa&fbclid=IwAR25KX9UTCh5ZRzVnHLXWdT5tTJ14Ft1zWSEcIKBSCxczIh-IJG98GVWDzw
-The Health Effects of Chernobyl. 20 years after the reactor catastrophe IPPNW Germany: https://www.sortirdunucleaire.org/IMG/pdf/ippnw-2006-the_health_effects_of_chernobyl-20_years_after_the_reactor_catastrophe.pdf
-The Other Report on Chernobyl (TORCH Report) Ian Fairlie: https://www.ianfairlie.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/chernobyl-report-version-1.1.pdf
-Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future Kate Brown: https://sts-program.mit.edu/book/manual-for-survival-a-cher
-Direct effects: https://www.psr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/projected-us-casualties-russian-attack.pdf
-Climate effects large scale nuclear war: http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/pdf/RobockNW2006JD008235.pdf
-Climate effects regional nuclear war: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aay5478
-Nuclear Famine: https://www.ippnw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2013-Nuclear-Famine.pdf