War Crisis and Challenges of Public Health Ethics; [بحران جنگ و چالشها ي اخلاق در سلامت عمومی]



Larijani B
Source: Iranian Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Published:2026

Abstract

War and its impacts on public health needs special attention and should be addressed at national and international levels. Considering inhuman attacks of Israel (occupying regime of Palestine) and American government on Iran in June 2025, which reportedly killed about 1000 people and injured many more, this supplement aims to raise ethical sensitivity and extend responsibility to the healthcare professionals and international organizations. Unfortunately, despite international agreements and conventions, we continue to witness war crimes against children, women, civilians, hospitals, and even genocide, for example in Gaza. Bioethics committees are also responsible to address ethical considerations of war and decrease its health consequences by calling the attention to war’s devastating effects on public health. Copyright © 2025 Tehran University of Medical Sciences.