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“Our journey may have ended, but commitment to the cause remains unwavering”
by 2023 Mombasa Bike Tour participants
In April 2023, over a dozen IPPNW medical students and junior doctors from 9 countries braved a 500km bike tour from Nairobi to Mombasa, Kenya, leading to IPPNW’s 23rd World Congress. Throughout the 5 day journey, the young leaders rallied junior doctors and medical students to raise awareness and promote action on disarmament, climate justice, and health. Participants met with local community members, decisionmakers, religious leaders, and more. On the journey, the close-knit group learned about each other’s cultures, sang karaoke, discussed perspectives on the threats to life, and united in the common goal of creating a safer, healthier future for future generations.
IPPNW XXIII World Congress in Africa
The 23rd IPPNW World Congress will be held in Mombasa, Kenya.
Main theme: Disarmament, Development and Health
Student conference: Monday 25th May 2020
Main congress dates: Tuesday 26th to Thursday 28th May 2020
Board and International council meeting: Monday 25th May and Friday 29th May 2020
Venue: PrideInn Paradise Beach Resort
Past events
European Students Conference and Western Balkan Meeting
Radiation and its effects on human health
We are glad to announce that the next European Student Conference and Western Balkan Meeting will take place from 25-28th of May 2017 in the city of Prishtina, Kosovo.
The main topic of the conference will be: Radiation and its effects on human health. Of course there will also be special time slots for former participants of IPPNW's program Bridges of Understanding, slots where every group can present their local commitment and many more different workshops.
Please save the date and we will inform you soon about more details.
We thank the group of Kosova's Physicians for Social Responsibility - IPPNW Affiliate in Kosovo (founded just now in December 2016) for organizing this event!
Registration is open now.
25th IPPNW European Students' Conference in Berlin 2015
"No Weapons, No Cry?! - Impact of arms on health, politics and society"
This year's IPPNW’s European student movement will hold its conference in May in Germany. We will focus on various aspects of different types of arms and their impact on health, politics and society in general.
Some of the topics dealt with at the conference will be: reasons for the use of weapons, various consequences of the use of small arms, nuclear weapons and their dangers, as well as humanitarian intervention. All of these subjects are going to be discussed from a medical, ethical and political point of view.
The conference program is truly exceptional. We have gathered experts from various fields to share their knowledge on the above topics, including impacts of nuclear weapons on maternal health, traumatization of war victims, peaceful conflict resolution, review of small arms prevention programs and possibilities for medical engagement.
We welcome you to come with your ideas to Berlin and hope for lively discussions.
23rd IPPNW European Students Conference
"Media in Service of Activism"
“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”― John Lennon
Is a click on the LIKE button on Facebook enough to feed a child? Does your tweet about the latest situation in the Middle East count for anything? Can the pile of partly true, pseudo-scientific information and opinions of every computer literate person in the world be turned into use for greater good? And what is the role of Internet, socials networks, TV, radio, billboards and printed issues of journals and newspapers in all of this? How powerful and efficient can media be in the service of activism? How we can use them to promote peace, welfare, nuclear-free world and to turn public into mighty ally?
