A call for peace from the Editorial Board

Anne Baber Wallis(1), Lorretta Ntoimo(2), Lindsay Edouard(3), Friday Okonofua(4),


(1) Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky USA: Editor, African Journal of Reproductive Health
(2) Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria: Editor, African Journal of Reproductive Health
(3) Editor, African Journal of Reproductive Health
(4) Director, Women’s Health and Action Research Centre, Benin City, Nigeria: Editor-in-Chief, African Journal of Reproductive Health, Benin City, Nigeria
Corresponding Author

Abstract


As a scientific journal committed to advancing knowledge about the health and well-being of women, children, and entire communities, we affirm a simple but urgent truth: peace is public health

 

The fate of humanity and the health of our planet are not separable from the absence of war. When human conflict erupts and escalates, it harms generations of people, planetary ecosystems, and civil society. Indeed, each of the five essential pillars – People, Planet, Peace, Prosperity, and Partnerships – upon which the Sustainable Development Goals are built, is deeply compromised by armed conflict.


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