The 6th of August marks the anniversary of the detonation of the first atom bomb over Hiroshima. To commemorate this, and because nuclear risk is greater now than ever before, an editorial on “nuclear risk and health” has been written by a group of leading medical editors from all over the world.
The World Association of Medical Editors is recommending that its members publish the editorial, and numerous major journals (BMJ, Lancet, JAMA, NEJM, …) have already undertaken to do so. The commitment is to publish the editorial in the three months after 1 August 2023.
If you edit a journal, please consider joining the list of prestigious journals that have agreed to publish this editorial. In the week leading up to August 6, the Nobel-prizewinning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War will be announcing the journals that have committed to publish the editorial. The publishing journals will be given public prominence.
Editors can get a copy of the editorial and further details from czielinski@ippnw.org - given the deadlines, please write as soon as possible.
Chris Zielinski
Centre for Global Health, University of Winchester, UK and Vice President, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
Blogs; http://ziggytheblue.wordpress.com and http://ziggytheblue.tumblr.com
Publications: http://www.researchgate.net and https://winchester.academia.edu/ChrisZielinski/
HIFA profile: Chris Zielinski: As a Visiting Fellow and Lecturer at the Centre for Global Health, University of Winchester, Chris leads the Partnerships in Health Information (Phi) programme, which supports knowledge development and brokers healthcare information exchanges of all kinds. He is the elected Vice President (and President-in-Waiting) of the World Association of Medical Editors. Chris has held senior positions in publishing and knowledge management with WHO in Brazzaville, Geneva, Cairo and New Delhi, with FAO in Rome, ILO in Geneva, and UNIDO in Vienna. He served on WHO's Ethical Review Committee, and was an originator of the African Health Observatory. He also spent three years in London as Chief Executive of the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society. Chris has been a director of the UK Copyright Licensing Agency, Educational Recording Agency, and International Association of Audiovisual Writers and Directors. He has served on the boards of several NGOs and ethics groupings (information and computer ethics and bioethics). chris AT chriszielinski.com. His publications are at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris-Zielinski and https://winchester.academia.edu/ChrisZielinski/ and his blogs are http://ziggytheblue.wordrpress.com and https://www.tumblr.com/blog/ziggytheblue
