IAP Health - A call for action to declare trauma as a disease Release Date April 29, 2019Copyright IAP Health Drawing attention to the need for a strong paradigm shift, this statement encourages countries not only to control but also to prevent trauma by considering it as a disease with an integrated comprehensive approach in their health agenda. More Info
IAP S20 Statement on Food and Nutrition Security and Agriculture Release Date July 27, 2018Copyright IAP The IAP S20 Statement summarising the emerging points from the IAP FNSA project. More Info
IAP for Health - A call for action to tackle the growing burden of dementia Release Date July 5, 2018Copyright IAP for Health In the Statement, IAP highlights the fact that, worldwide, the proportion of the population that is 65 years of age or greater has grown over the last decades, and this trend will continue. Also, because advancing age is the greatest known risk factor for dementia, the number of individuals living ... More Info
IAP Statement on Climate Change and Education Authoring InstitutionIAP for ScienceRelease Date December 11, 2017Copyright IAP For the remainder of the 21st century and beyond, climate change poses an existential threat to humanity. Decisions on how to tackle the effects of climate change, however, need to be based on sound science and rational judgement. They will also need to be made through the coming years – ... More Info
IAP Statement on Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction Authoring InstitutionIAP for ScienceRelease Date November 25, 2017Copyright IAP The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 , which the world’s nations signed up to in March 2015, calls for increased input of science, technology and research to deal with the risks of natural disasters and manage their impacts. Strategies need to be developed to reduce ... More Info
SDG Improving the reproducibility of biomedical research: a call for action Authoring InstitutionIAP for HealthRelease Date September 27, 2016Copyright © the InterAcademy Partnership One of the important roles that IAP for Health plays within the health arena is to facilitate the preparation of international statements on important health and health-related matters of global significance We are therefore pleased to present a new IAP for Health Statement: ‘A call ... More Info SDG 3: Good Health
SDG A Call for Action to Strengthen Healthcare for Hearing Loss (March 2015) Authoring InstitutionIAP for HealthRelease Date March 1, 2015 One of the important roles that IAMP plays within the health arena is to facilitate the preparation of international statements on important health and health-related matters of global significance We are therefore pleased to present a new IAMP Statement: ‘ A Call for ... More Info SDG 3: Good Health
SDG IAP Statement on Realising Global Potential in Synthetic Biology: Scientific Opportunities and Good Governance Authoring InstitutionIAP for ScienceRelease Date May 7, 2014Copyright 2014 Synthetic biology is defined as the deliberate design and construction of customized biological and biochemical systems to perform new or improved functions. While the field is in its infancy, it is already producing results that may have far-reaching implications in fields such as biomedicine, ... More Info SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, Infrastructure
IAP/IAMP Statement on Antimicrobial Resistance: A Call for Action Authoring InstitutionIAP for Science, IAP for HealthRelease Date November 18, 2013Copyright 2013 Although there have been major advances in research into, and treatment of, many communicable diseases, continuing progress in tackling these major challenges for public health is threatened by the dramatic increase in the number and distribution worldwide of pathogens resistant to antimicrobial ... More Info
IAP Statement: Response to the Report of the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post-2015 development agenda Authoring InstitutionIAP for ScienceRelease Date September 23, 2013Copyright 2013 There has been much discussion on the progress already made in accomplishing the 2015 MDGs and on what will be needed for sustainable development worldwide after then. More Info
IAP for Health statement: Call for Action to Strengthen Health Research Capacity in Low and Middle Income Countries Authoring InstitutionIAP for HealthRelease Date May 30, 2013Copyright IAP for Health Despite a health revolution within the 20th Century which has added over thirty years of additional life expectancy on average across the globe, new global health challenges for the 21st Century face all countries, according to the statement from IAP for Health. These shared challenges include ... More Info
IAP Statement on Population and Consumption Authoring InstitutionIAP for ScienceRelease Date June 14, 2012Copyright IAP June 2012 The world’s 105 science academies are today (Thursday 14 June 2012) highlighting the global challenges of population and consumption and calling upon world leaders to take decisive action. "We are delighted that the world’s science academies have chosen to come together to ... More Info
IAMP Statement on the Health Co-Benefits of Policies to Tackle Climate Change Authoring InstitutionIAP for HealthRelease Date January 1, 2010Copyright 2010 Certain actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions and thus reduce climate change can also directly improve human health. These health benefits could partly offset the costs of tackling climate change and challenge the belief that policies to tackle climate change will invariably be socially and ... More Info
Statement on Launch of Disease Control Priorities Project Authoring InstitutionIAP for HealthRelease Date April 1, 2006Copyright IAP for Health The former InterAcademy Medical Panel (now IAP for Health) officially endorsed the goals of the Disease Control Priorities Project (DCPP) during the IAMP General Assembly held in Beijing, China on 6 April 2006. DCPP is a collaborative effort of the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. ... More Info
Joint Statement to the United Nations on UN Millennium Development Goals Authoring InstitutionIAP for Science Joint Statement from international scientific, engineering, and medical organizations on UN Millennium Development Goals, September 2005. More Info
IAP Statement on Tropical Forests and Climate Change Authoring InstitutionInterAcademy Partnership, IAP for ScienceCopyright 2010 The InterAcademy statement recommends that the proposed UNFCCC Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism is a vital and integral part of the climate framework to be agreed in Copenhagen this week, including transparent and robust monitoring systems to verify ... More Info
IAP Statement on Ocean Acidification Authoring InstitutionInterAcademy Partnership, IAP for ScienceCopyright 2009 Headline messages Oceans play a critical role in the global carbon cycle by absorbing about a quarter of the CO2 emitted to the atmosphere from human activities; The rapid increase in CO2 emissions since the industrial revolution has increased the acidity of the world’s ... More Info
IAP Statement on the Teaching of Evolution Authoring InstitutionInterAcademy Partnership, IAP for ScienceCopyright 21 June 2006 More recently in June 2006, IAP released a statement on "The teaching of evolution". The statement, signed by over 65 IAP member academies urges parents and teachers to provide children with the facts about the origins and evolution of life on Earth and to foster an understanding of the science of ... More Info
IAP Statement on Biosecurity Authoring InstitutionInterAcademy Partnership, IAP for ScienceCopyright 2005 Released in December 2005, this IAP statement was issued ahead of the Meeting of States Parties of the Biological Weapons Convention (5 - 9 December 2005) in Geneva, and was endorsed by over 60 national science academies. The statement addresses five fundamental issues facing scientists working in ... More Info
IAP Statement on Access to Scientific Information Authoring InstitutionInterAcademy Partnership, IAP for ScienceCopyright 2003 The IAP General Assembly which met in Mexico City from 1-5 December has released five statements, signed by two-thirds majority of the IAP membership. The statements address a wide range of topics and are intended to influence policy makers both in individual countries and international ... More Info