This is to share the news that a multi-journal editorial project is just launching now and invite participation. For those new to the idea, a “multi-journal editorial” is one that is published in multiple journals at the same time. So far, over 300 leading journals worldwide have engaged in these projects, with editorials on climate change and health published in the lead-up to COP climate conferences in 2021/22/23, and further editorials on nuclear risk and health (2023) and knowledge management (2024).
We are now distributing a second editorial on nuclear risk. HIFA members who edit a journal or who have contacts with journal editors are invited to help promote this project by writing to me at CZielinski@ippnw.org - I will provide a copy of the new editorial and administrative information. There is no participation cost or other formality involved.
The editorial is an initiative of the Nobel-Prize winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Its 23 co-authors include the editors-in-chief of leading medical journals from around the world, and senior figures from IPPNW and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), as well as a Nobel Prize-winner. It aims to encourage countries attending the next World Health Assembly to renew WHO’s mandate to report on nuclear war and health – a mandate that lapsed in 2020. WHO’s last report on the subject is almost 40 years old. A resolution to this effect has been drafted and is on the Assembly agenda.
Chris
Chris Zielinski
Centre for Global Health, University of Winchester, UK and
President, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
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HIFA Profile: Chris Zielinski held senior positions at the World Health Organization for 15 years, in Africa, WHOs Geneva Headquarters, and India, and earlier in other UN-system organizations working in writing, media, publishing, knowledge management, and intellectual property. He also spent three years as Chief Executive of the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society (looking after the intellectual property revenues of all UK authors and journalists). Chris was the founder of the ExtraMED project (Third World biomedical journals on CD-ROM), and managed the Gates Foundation-supported Health Information Centres project. At WHO he was appointed to the Ethical Review Committee, and was an originator of the African Health Observatory during his years in Brazzaville. With interests in the information, and computer ethics and bioethics, Chris has edited numerous books and journals and worked as a translator. Now working independently, Chris has recently finished writing a travel book called Afreekinout.
Email: chris AT chriszielinski.com