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Congresos como Asunto , Cooperación Internacional , Armas Nucleares , Salud Global , Humanos , Ciudad de Nueva YorkAsunto(s)
Armas Nucleares , Violencia/prevención & control , Guerra , Salud Global , Promoción de la Salud , Humanos , Salud PúblicaAsunto(s)
Guerra Nuclear , Congresos como Asunto , Humanos , Cooperación Internacional , Salud PúblicaRESUMEN
At the World Health Assembly in 1996, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared violence "a leading worldwide public health problem" and called for public health strategies to address it. The WHO's call to action, as well as an international political movement that is gaining strength, has helped galvanize health professionals in many countries to employ the tools of public health and their medical skills to better understand the causes of violence, to use research findings to influence policy, and to animate statistics with a human face. This paper reviews the scope of the problem, with a focus on armed violence with small arms and light weapons. It presents a history of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War's (IPPNW) involvement in this issue. A case example from IPPNW/Zambia demonstrates how health community involvement can raise awareness about armed violence and its risk factors, and influence policy changes.
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Armas de Fuego , Personal de Salud/organización & administración , Médicos/organización & administración , Administración en Salud Pública/métodos , Violencia/prevención & control , Redes Comunitarias/organización & administración , Recolección de Datos , Humanos , Violencia/psicología , Organización Mundial de la Salud , Heridas por Arma de Fuego/prevención & controlRESUMEN
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is probably the most important treaty for the control of nuclear weapons. A Review Conference was held in May 2005 but the member states failed to agree on any decisions or recommendations. Possible causes for this failure reside in the unsupportive geopolitical climate surrounding the conference, design limitations of the Treaty, and the obstructionist actions of particular states. However, valuable contributions were made at the conference by some states and by civil society representatives. Fortunately there are still many ways for states and civil society to make future conferences more successful in eliminating the threat to human security from nuclear weapons.