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<title><![CDATA[IPPNW presses for a nuclear-weapons-free Europe]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/12/03/ippnw-presses-for-a-nuclear-weapons-free-europe/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Loretz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/12/03/ippnw-presses-for-a-nuclear-weapons-free-europe/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One of the hallmarks of IPPNW’s work is engaging with nuclear decision makers about the medical cons]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2009: Global Atomic Power War  [5]]]></title>
<link>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/?p=816</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tekknorg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/?p=816</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First part HERE Second part HERE Third part HERE fourth part HERE After the pro-atomic-power-party C]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's Nobel: The View of an Insider]]></title>
<link>http://bernardlown.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/obamas-nobel-the-view-of-an-insider/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bernard Lown</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bernardlown.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/obamas-nobel-the-view-of-an-insider/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Nobel Peace Prize, the most highly regarded of global recognitions, is frequently controversial.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The International Youth Dialogue for Nuclear Disarmament, Day 2]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/10/29/the-international-youth-dialogue-for-nuclear-disarmament-day-2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tova Fuller</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/10/29/the-international-youth-dialogue-for-nuclear-disarmament-day-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Day 2 of the International Youth Dialogue for Nuclear Disarmament was focused on action.  It started]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Student Activism and Organizing on Nuclear Weapons]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/10/24/student-activism-and-organizing-on-nuclear-weapons/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tova Fuller</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/10/24/student-activism-and-organizing-on-nuclear-weapons/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What follows is a speech given by Tova Fuller on Monday, October 26th, 2009, at the International Yo]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Extended deterrence: Outdated, dangerous, wrong for Australia]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/09/29/extended-deterrence-outdated-dangerous-wrong-for-australia/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Loretz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/09/29/extended-deterrence-outdated-dangerous-wrong-for-australia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[by Sue Wareham, OAM Barack Obama has issued a massive challenge to the world. It is a challenge to r]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Note to Security Council: The conditions for a nuclear-weapons free world already exist]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/09/24/note-to-security-council-the-conditions-for-a-nuclear-weapons-free-world-already-exist/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Loretz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/09/24/note-to-security-council-the-conditions-for-a-nuclear-weapons-free-world-already-exist/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How do we “create the conditions” for a world without nuclear weapons? The UN Security Council has r]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Right Decision on Missile Defenses]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/09/17/the-right-decision-on-missile-defenses/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Loretz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/09/17/the-right-decision-on-missile-defenses/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration’s decision to scrap plans for missile defense deployments in the Czech Repu]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa moves to halt the evolution of the Shaka spear into a nuclear warhead]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/09/10/africa-moves-to-halt-the-evolution-of-the-shaka-spear-into-a-nuclear-warhead/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Loretz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/09/10/africa-moves-to-halt-the-evolution-of-the-shaka-spear-into-a-nuclear-warhead/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Walter Odhiambo – IPPNW Regional Vice President, Africa Thirteen years after it officially op]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IPPNW Interview: Homsuk Swomen and Ogebe Onazi]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/08/31/ippnw-interview-homsuk-swomen-and-ogebe-onazi/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Loretz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/08/31/ippnw-interview-homsuk-swomen-and-ogebe-onazi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Medical students active with IPPNW’s Nigerian affiliate Society of Nigerian Doctors for the Welfare ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Radioactive waste disposal Gorleben]]></title>
<link>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/radioactive-waste-disposal-gorleben/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tekknorg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/radioactive-waste-disposal-gorleben/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Voters in Germany once again are confronted with the atomic decision. The two biggest coalition part]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Freiburger Friedensforum: „Offener Brief zur Solidarität mit der Oppositionsbewegung im Iran!“]]></title>
<link>http://freeirannow.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/freiburger-friedensforum-%e2%80%9eoffener-brief-zur-solidaritat-mit-der-oppositionsbewegung-im-iran%e2%80%9c/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nasrin Amirsedghi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://freeirannow.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/freiburger-friedensforum-%e2%80%9eoffener-brief-zur-solidaritat-mit-der-oppositionsbewegung-im-iran%e2%80%9c/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Heckler &amp; Koch-Werk, Oberndorf am Neckar MP5A3: Einsatzland in 50 Länder, eins davon IRAN Der O]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#999999;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5648" title="MP5A3_Marinir" src="http://freeirannow.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/mp5a3_marinir1.jpg?w=300" alt="MP5A3_Marinir" width="300" height="104" /></span><span style="color:#999999;"><strong>MP5A3</strong>: Einsatzland in 50 Länder, eins davon IRAN</span></p>
<p><strong>Der Offene Brief an das Büro Kerstin Andreae MdB</strong><!--more--></p>
<p><em>Sehr geehrte Frau Andreae,</em></p>
<p><em>Vor einigen Wochen haben Sie sich auf einer Kundgebung in Freiburg solidarisch mit der Oppositionsbewegung im Iran erklärt und Ihre Bereitschaft, sich für die Opposition im Iran einzusetzen, zum Ausdruck gebracht.</em></p>
<p><em>Das begrüßen wir sehr.</em></p>
<p><em>Uns würde interessieren, welche konkrete Möglichkeiten sie sehen, dafür aktiv zu werden.</em></p>
<p><em>Laut Wikipedia ist Deutschland der zweitgrößte Exporteur von Elektroschockwaffen, während der Verkauf und die Ausfuhr dieser Waffen in Großbritannien, in der Schweiz und in Skandinavien verboten ist. Elektroschockwaffen eignen sich besonders für die &#8220;weiße Folter&#8221;, die keine sichtbaren Spuren hinterlässt. Es bestehen keine Zweifel, dass im Iran inhaftierte AnhängerInnen der Oppositionsbewegung gefoltert werden, vermutlich auch mit Elektroschockwaffen, die illegal und/oder in Teilen zerlegt über die GUS Staaten (Russland), Dubai oder Kuwait in den Iran gelangen (</em><em><a href="http://www.wdr.de/tv/monitor/sendungen/2009/0702/iran.php5">http://www.wdr.de/tv/monitor/sendungen/2009/0702/iran.php5</a></em><em>). </em><em>Der größte deutsche Hersteller der Elektroschockwaffen ist die Firma Umarex.</em></p>
<p><em>Was können Sie tun, um die Ausfuhr dieser Waffen zu verhindern?</em></p>
<p><em>Am 8. April, 2008 erschien in der Online- Ausgabe der Jerusalem Post ein Artikel über Überwachungstechniken deutscher Herstellung, die gegen Minoritäten und Oppostitionelle im Iran eingesetzt werden. Es sind Techniken, die laut Experten innerhalb der EU verboten sind. Ein &#8220;monitoring center&#8221;, das von Nokia Siemens Network an den Iran verkauft wurde, wurde in der Broschüre der Firma als ein System beschrieben, dass die Überwachung und den Abfang aller Arten von verbalen und Datenkommunikation in allen Netzwerken erlaubt. Ein Sprecher von Nokia Siemens Networks sagte, dass diese Technik im März dieses Jahres an die Münchner Investmentfirma Perusa Partners Fund 1 LP verkauft wurde und nun von deren Tochterunternehmen Trovicor Intelligence Solutions angeboten wird.</em></p>
<p><em>Wie kann die deutsche Regierung verhindern, dass eine solche Technik zur Überwachung der Oppositionellen im Iran und für die Zensur der Medien eingesetzt wird, bzw. an menschenrechtsverletzende Regime verkauft wird?</em></p>
<p><em>Bekannt ist zum Beispiel auch, dass Rohde &#38; Schwarz, ein deutscher Hersteller von Sicherheitstechnik mit einer Niederlassung in Teheran, sogenannte &#8220;IMSI Catchers&#8221; zum Abhören ganzer Mobilfunkzellen, sowie Handy Messtechnik vermutlich für Sicherheitskräfte im Iran produziert.</em></p>
<p><em>Auf Grund dessen, dass der deutsche Hersteller von G3 Gewehren Heckler &#38; Koch 1967 eine Lizenz an den Iran verkaufen durfte, werden bis heute G3A6 Waffen im Iran, in einem Staat, der beschuldigt wird Hamas, Hisbollah und Al Qaida mit Waffen zu unterstützen, produziert. <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/HK_MP5">MP5A2 </a>und A3 Kleinwaffen, auch 9 mm Tondar genannt, werden bei <a href="http://freeirannow.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/bilder-von-8-sicherheitsmesse-ipas-in-teheran/">Defense Industries Organisation in Teheran</a> (<a href="http://www.iranwatch.org/suspect/records/defense-industries-organization-(dio).html">http://www.iranwatch.org/suspect/records/defense-industries-organization-(dio).html</a>) auf der Basis der H &#38; K Lizenz im Iran produziert. Im Internet ist ein<a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/HK_MP5"> </a><strong><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/HK_MP5">MP5</a> </strong>auf Photos der Sicherheitsmesse, die Anfang August in Teheran stattgefunden hat, zu sehen. So ist nicht auszuschließen, dass Oppositionelle im Iran mit deutschen Waffen erschossen oder verletzt worden sind und noch werden.</em></p>
<p><em>Was können Sie tun, um den Einsatz deutscher Waffen gegen Oppositionellen im Iran, in einem Land, das sich an die Endverbleibsregelung nicht hält, auszuschliessen?</em></p>
<p><em>Wir hoffen auf eine Stellungnahme Ihrerseits zu diesen Fragen und verbleiben mit freundlichen Grüßen</em></p>
<p><em>das Freiburger Friedensforum</em></p>
<p><em>Internationale Ärzte für die Verhütung des Atomkrieges / Ärzte in sozialer Verantwortung (IPPNW) Regionalgruppe Freiburg <strong>&#38; </strong></em><em>Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft – Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen (DFG-VK)Regionalgruppe Freiburg</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Halfway to a nuclear-weapons-free world?]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/08/20/halfway-to-a-nuclear-weapons-free-world/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Loretz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/08/20/halfway-to-a-nuclear-weapons-free-world/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On July 15 the entire Southern Hemisphere became a nuclear-weapons-free zone (NWFZ). That’s when the]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Atomic Strike US - NK]]></title>
<link>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/atomic-strike-us-nk/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tekknorg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/atomic-strike-us-nk/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. and Southkorea are going to make a yearly joint military maneuver. Part of it are computer ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Strategic Value of Remembering]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/08/06/the-strategic-value-of-remembering/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Loretz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/08/06/the-strategic-value-of-remembering/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the first time some 40 years after reading John Hersey’s accoun]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[YouNuke]]></title>
<link>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/younuke/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tekknorg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/younuke/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting new German anti-atomic energy project: http://younuke.de/ Movies about the lies, the wor]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[German atomic reactor incident]]></title>
<link>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/german-atomic-reactor-incident/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tekknorg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/german-atomic-reactor-incident/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Germany, July 25th 2009 Source An invigilator on a general transformer switched the reactor &#8220;E]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[High radiation in German reactor]]></title>
<link>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/high-radiation-in-german-reactor/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tekknorg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/high-radiation-in-german-reactor/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Germany, July 18th 2009: The environment ministry now examines high radiation caused in the research]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: Getting It Wrong]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/07/16/nuclear-deterrence-in-the-21st-century-getting-it-wrong/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Loretz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/07/16/nuclear-deterrence-in-the-21st-century-getting-it-wrong/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Admiral Halsey notified me He had to have a berth or he couldn’t get to sea. I had another look and ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Atomic Scandal Vattenfall]]></title>
<link>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/atomic-scandal-vattenfall/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tekknorg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/atomic-scandal-vattenfall/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Germany, July 9th 2009: Vattenfall - swedish atomic reactor operator &#8211; also active in Germany,]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IPPNW Responds to the Moscow Summit]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/07/09/ippnw-responds-to-the-moscow-summit/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Loretz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/07/09/ippnw-responds-to-the-moscow-summit/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In March 2009, just before the historic first meeting between US President Barack Obama and Russian ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vattenfall reactor - incident is the normal case]]></title>
<link>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/vattenfall-reactor-incident-is-the-normal-case/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tekknorg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/vattenfall-reactor-incident-is-the-normal-case/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Again, a fire broke out in a generator transformer SOURCE - just like in 2007. Watch Vattenfall]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The new nuclear math]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/06/11/the-new-nuclear-math/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Loretz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/06/11/the-new-nuclear-math/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pick a number. Any number. How about 1,500? That’s how many nuclear weapons General Nikolai Solovtso]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Power struggle in North Korea]]></title>
<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/06/05/power-struggle-in-north-korea/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gunnar Westberg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2009/06/05/power-struggle-in-north-korea/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Despite speculation in the Western media about recent developments in the DPRK — in particular the n]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence June 15-21]]></title>
<link>http://guncontrolcanada.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/global-week-of-action-against-gun-violence-june-15-21/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cgccanada</dc:creator>
<guid>http://guncontrolcanada.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/global-week-of-action-against-gun-violence-june-15-21/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Repost from The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War by Maria Valenti It is le]]></description>
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<div>by Maria Valenti</div>
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<p><strong>It is less than 2 weeks until the </strong><strong>Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence 15-21 June 2009</strong>. Please consider helping to launch IPPNW’s new <strong><em>“Medical Voices Against Violence:Your Story”</em></strong> project during this week.</p>
<p>Send us your stories in advance, or collect stories at your medical schools or hospitals during the Week of Action. It’s easy to record a short story – just use your digital camera and record a 1-3 minute story about an incident of gun violence you experienced, or happened in your community or to someone you know like a family member, friend, or patient– introduce yourself at the beginning with your first name only, what you do (medical student, doctor et.) and your country – then tell your short story and how if affected you as a health professional. If you can’t record a story, write one and send us a photo of you and we will print them together. Contact me for how to transmit big video files at <a title="mailto:mvalenti@ippnw.org" href="mailto:mvalenti@ippnw.org">mvalenti@ippnw.org</a>. <strong>Let’s make this a worldwide IPPNW event!<span style="text-decoration:underline;"> </span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Other ideas for activities:</span></strong></p>
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<li>Hold a <strong>“teach-in” or hospital “grand rounds” on small arms violence and health,</strong> using the IPPNW <em>Aiming for Prevention</em> PowerPoint, and/or One Bullet Stories that are on IPPNW’s web site. (contact <a title="mailto:mvalenti@ippnw.org" href="mailto:mvalenti@ippnw.org">mvalenti@ippnw.org</a> for a copy of the PPT). Or, use modules from the WHO TEACH-VIP curriculum which can be downloaded from their web site at <a title="http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/capacitybuilding/teach_vip/en/" href="http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/capacitybuilding/teach_vip/en/">http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/capacitybuilding/teach_vip/en/</a>.</li>
<li>Write an <strong>op-ed or letters to the editor</strong> to local newspapers about the human suffering from gun violence in your country</li>
<li>Organize as many doctors, nurses and other medical professionals as possible to have a <strong>public event/press conference to provide “testimony” about victims of violence</strong> they have treated in their hospitals, and call for more violence prevention initiatives in the community.</li>
<li>Call your <strong>local radio station or newspaper reporter</strong> and ask them to conduct an interview with you about health effects of violence – if you need materials, contact us.</li>
<li>Investigate if your <strong>medical school has any financial investments in gun manufacturers.</strong> If so, hold a press conference to call for divestment.</li>
<li><strong>Faces/stories of violence exhibit </strong>- Collect photos/stories from newspapers of shootings/other violence over the past year in your area, paste on posters, and organize an educational exhibit at your school, library or other venue – call the press to come publicize.</li>
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