Project
2020

Academy Response to COVID-19

Health
Sustainable Development Goals

Overview

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) issued three communiqués related to the crisis: the IAP Communiqué on the COVID-19 pandemic, a call for collective action on the global scale to improve and accelerate the use of research and its outputs for the global public good; the IAP Communiqué on Green Recovery, that highlights that fact that only a low-carbon recovery can generate co-benefits for social equity, the environment, and human health; and the IAP Communiqué on the Development and Distribution of Vaccines against COVID-19, whose main messages is that cutting corners in the race for a COVID-19 vaccine, anti-vaxxers, and vaccine nationalism are all a public health threat.

Furthermore, IAP launched the IAP COVID-19 Expert Group, a Group charged with responding to inquiries routed through academies related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic across a broad range of health, social, environmental and other direct and indirect consequences (more info on the second tab of this page). 

In 2021 IAP also organized the IAP Global Webinar on Countering Vaccine Hesitancy that took place on Tuesday 23 March  and was designed to help academies prepare for national vaccination efforts (further details on the event, the webinar recording and speakers’ presentations are available at this link).

During 2021 World Immunization Week, IAP released an infographic to shed some light on the different types of COVID-19 vaccines, how they are developed, and how they work, and 5 bite-size videos that present aspects of vaccine science, regulation and the ‘infodemic’ in manageable nuggets of information.

In addition, many IAP member academies around the world are playing their own part in national or regional initiatives – helping to ensure that trustworthy and credible information is reaching as many people as possible, much of it in local languages.

Here we have collated (and will continue to update) information being provided by more than 140 national, regional and global academies and academy networks. For an updated summary of IAP’s COVID-19 related activities, please click here. 

IAP member academies are responding by: 

  • Providing evidence-based advice to governments at the municipal, national and regional level by participating in governmental task forces and commissions, supporting real-time policy review, synthesizing and distilling the best available scientific evidence, and by issuing statements and recommendations for decision-makers
  • Establishing expert databases for decision-makers with relevant expertise
  • Conducting public outreach to help their communities understand public health guidance, including through translation into local languages and engaging migrant communities
  • Engaging with the media to ensure scientifically accurate information is available to all
  • Sharing data and experiences amongst their members and with other academies in their region and gathering lessons learned
  • Conducting COVID-19 related research and modelling in academies with their own research facilities
  • Providing technical training, for example via online telemedicine courses, diagnostic laboratory techniques
  • Providing fast-track reviews of COVID-19 related-research proposals 

Additional links to other trusted resources are available via this news article: IAP stands side-by-side with science in the fight against coronavirus.

From national academies

From global and regional academies and networks

Trusted sources on vaccines

Other reputable sources on Covid-19

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Publications

Health
Report Countering COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
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Countering COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Other Long-Term Social Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Long-Term Social Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Policy for Science, Other
Other Crises: economy, society, law, and culture. Towards a less vulnerable humankind
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S20 statement on Crises: economy, society, law, and culture. Towards a less vulnerable humankind LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Other S20 statement on Pandemic preparedness and the role of science
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S20 statement on Pandemic preparedness and the role of science LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health, Sustainable Development Goals, Other
Communique Strengthening research on COVID-19 during the pandemic
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Strengthening research on COVID-19 during the pandemic LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Publication Enhancing COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in Canada cover
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Enhancing COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in Canada LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Other Les différents types de vaccins COVID-19
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Les différents types de vaccins COVID-19 LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Other types of COVID-19 vaccines infographic
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The different types of COVID-19 vaccines LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Publication Investing in a Better Future: Higher Education and Post-COVID Canada
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Investing in a Better Future: Higher Education and Post-COVID Canada LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health, Policy for Science
Publication Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis: Building on Lost Opportunities in the History of Public Health
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Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis: Building on Lost Opportunities in the History of Public Health LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Publication he Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Canada in 2020: The Pre-Vaccine Era
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The Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Canada in 2020: The Pre-Vaccine Era LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Publication Achieving the Public Health Potential of COVID-19 Vaccines
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Achieving the Public Health Potential of COVID-19 Vaccines LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Environment & Climate, Health
Communique cover
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Communiqué on Global Green Recovery After COVID-19 - Japanese LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Publication Cover
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The SARS-CoV-2 genome: variation, implication and application LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Communique cover
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Llamado a la solidaridad global en la pandemia de COVID-19 LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Energy, Environment & Climate, Health
Communique cover
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Communiqué on Global Green Recovery After COVID-19 LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Other IANAS statement on COVID-19
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IANAS statement on COVID-19 LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Communique CovidCover
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IAP Communiqué on COVID-19 LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:

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Updates

Understanding Long Covid
How to promote COVID-19 vaccine acceptance
Transparency urged to raise COVID-19 vaccine uptake
From memes to trial protocols: the world academies’ new toolkit to fight COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Launch of IAP webinar report on Countering COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on global health inequalities
Academies from the G20 countries signed two joint statements
Workshop on the utility, feasibility, security and ethics of verifiable COVID-19 credentials for international travel
University of Pretoria’s students shed light on hand sanitisers through drama
COVID-19 and Human Health Behavior: Impacts and Trends
Protecting Frontline Healthcare Workers from COVID-19
The science of immunisation
The Forum for Genetic Research from the Swiss Academies of Natural Sciences launches a COVID-19 web portal
How to strengthen COVID-19 research
World Immunization Week: check our new infographic on COVID-19 vaccines and fight vaccine hesitancy with IAP
Countering Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy: watch the IAP Webinar
AASSA-PAS Workshop Pandemic Preparedness: Science and Countermeasures
IAP Global Webinar on Countering Vaccine Hesitancy
COVID-19 threatens to lead to a “lost generation” of researchers, say international scholar networks
Connecting the Dots: The Role of African National Academies of Science in Informing the COVID-19 Response
RIA's Vaccine Questions Podcast
The Royal Society of Canada fights against COVID-19
Pan-European Response to the Impacts of COVID-19 and future Pandemics and Epidemics
Fraternity, Integral Ecology and COVID-19. The Role of Diplomacy and Science
International Collaboration in the COVID-19 Era - Webinar
Achieving the Public Health Potential of COVID-19 Vaccines
Who to trust on Covid-19? When science advice gets “dirty” in the political mud
IAP Presidents joined the 13th Academy of Science Presidents’ Meeting
The World Post COVID-19
Addressing the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic in Low-and Middle-Income Countries
IAP launches COVID-19 Expert Group
Nicaragua's COVID-19 crisis demands a response
OeAW's Prize Question 2020: What can science achieve during pandemics?
AASSA Webinar on National Academy’s Response to COVID-19
COVID-19 recovery must be green, says world academies network
The challenges of COVID-19
South Korea holds webinars on how to contain COVID-19
TWAS and IsDB launch COVID-19 research grant
Global Academy Network Condemns US decision to Halt WHO funding Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
TWAS, G-Science academies and NASAC endorse the IAP Communique on COVID-19
How are academies responding to COVID-19?
World academies call for global solidarity on COVID-19 pandemic
Machine learning for rapid triaging of Covid-19 at the front door of hospitals: request for data
IAP stands side-by-side with science in the fight against coronavirus
IAP Secretariat and COVID-19

IAP COVID-19 EXPERT GROUP

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Advisory Panel

The IAP COVID-19 Advisory Group brings together a wealth of multi-disciplinary expertise nominated by its member academies. It has been established to respond to inquiries and requests for advice related to the ongoing pandemic. The multi-disciplinary nature of the Group will allow IAP to respond to a broad range of health, social, environmental and other direct and indirect consequences of the pandemic.
Requests for such advice should be submitted by IAP member academies*. Requests from other bona fide organizations are accepted if submitted through an IAP member academy.

 

 

Co-chair
Co-Chair
Pakistan Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Medicine of Brazil
Cuban Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Caribbean Academy of Sciences & IAP Young Physician Leader
Académie Nationale de Médecine, France
National Academy of Medicine, US
Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, Egypt
Global Young Academy
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Academy of Medical Sciences, UK
The Council of Finnish Academies
Indian National Science Academy
National Academy of Sciences, US
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy
Nigerian Academy of Science
Nigerian Academy of Science
Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Chinese Academy of Engineering
Chinese Academy of Engineering
Chilean Academy of Medicine
Expert Group

Suminori Akiba, Science Council of Japan - Epidemiology
Fernando Arenzana-Seisdedos, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Virology, Epidemiology
Yiming Bao, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Virology, Data Analytics, contact tracing networks/mobile software system
Mauricio Barreto, Brazilian Academy of Sciences - Epidemiology, Public health,
Rafael Bello, Cuban Academy of Sciences - Mathematical modelling, Data Analytics 
Yoav Benjamini, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities - Data Science
Eyal Benvenisti, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities - International law
Patrick Berche, Academie Nationale de Medecine - Infectious diseases, Bacteriology
Michal Biron, Global Young Academy - Social determinants of health, Social sciences, Ethics
Jeanne Brugere-Picoux, Academie Nationale de Medecine (France) - Veterinary Medicine
Yves Buisson, Academie Nationale de Medecine (France) - Infectious diseases
Stephanie Burton, Academy of Science of South Africa - Ethics, Scientific Literacy, Public Health 
Geoff Chase, Royal Society of New Zealand Te Aparangi - Critical care medicine, Mathematical modelling
Miodrag Čolić, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Immunology
Philip Dawid, The Royal Society (UK) - Statistics
María Guadalupe Guzmán Tirado, Cuban Academy of Sciences - Virology, Epidemiology
Luis Saturnino Herrera Martinez, Cuban Academy of Sciences - Virology, Epidemiology
Didier Houssin, Academie Nationale de Medecine (France) - Public Health
Abdel Meguid Kassem, Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (Egypt), Public health
Rees Kassen, Global Young Academy - Epidemiology, Science literacy
Lemme Prica Kebaabetswe, Botswana Academy of Science - Virology, microbiology, immunology
Dominique Kerouedan, Academie Nationale de Medecine (France)- Social determinants of health, Public health
Junpeng Li, Global Young Academy - Social sciences
Daniel Limonta, Global Young Academy - Virology, Public health, Pandemic research
Gábor B. Makara, Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Ethics, Science literacy, Public health
Alemka Markotić, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Virology, Infectious diseases, Critical care medicine
Pedro Mas Bermejo, Cuban Academy of Sciences - Virology, Epidemiology, Infectious diseases
Hamid Mobasheri, University of Tehran - Pandemic research, Biophysics, Public health
Jaime Montoya, National Academy of Science and Technology (Philippines) - Infectious diseases, Public health, Ethics
Ali Moosavi-Movahedi, The Academy of Sciences of IR Iran - Biophysical Chemistry
Maria Concetta Morrone, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy)  - Physiology - Neurosciences
Sununguko Wata Mpoloka, Botswana Academy of Science - Molecular Biology & Genetics
Jorge Núñez Jover, Cuban Academy of Sciences - Social sciences, Social determinants of health, Ethics
Pamela Pennington Aycinena, Academy of Medical, Physical &Natural Sciences of Guatemala - Public health Microbiology
Wolfgang Preiser, Academy of Science of South Africa  - Virology, Epidemiology, Infectious diseases
Mika Rämet,  Council of Finnish Academies - Critical care medicine
Elisa Reis, Brazilian Academy of Sciences - Social sciences, Ethics
Andrea Rinaldo, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy) - Infectious diseases, Pandemic research
Christine Rouzioux, Academie Nationale de Medecine (France) - Virology
Birgit Schippers, Royal Irish Academy- Ethics of new technologies, Social Sciences, Human rights
Luis Carlos Silva Atcaguer, Cuban Academy of Sciences - Mathematical modelling, Data Analytics, Public health
Stephen Simpson, Australian Academy of Science - Public health, nutritional sciences, Mathematical modelling
Sameh Hamdy Soror, Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (Egypt) - Science literacy
Amilcar Tanuri, Brazilian Academy of Sciences - Virology, Public health, Infectious diseases, Pandemic research
Gergely Toldi, Global Young Academy & IAP Young Physician Leader - Critical care medicine, Infectious diseases
Raivo Uibo, Estonian Academy of Sciences - Immunology
Olli Vapalahti Vapalahti, Council of Finnish Academies - Virology
Luis Velazquez-Perez, Cuban Academy of Sciences - Epidemiology, Neurology,Neurophysiology
Ludmila Vīksna, Latvian Academy of Sciences - Infectious diseases
Ville Vuorinen, Council of Finnish Academies - Computational physics
Qihui Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Virology, Public health, Infectious diseases
Alan Wilson, Royal Society (UK) - Epidemiology, Mathematical modelling, Social sciences
Wolff Reyes Marcelo J., Academia Chilena de Medicina - Infectious Diseases
Xiaoling Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Critical care medicine, Infectious diseases
Wen Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Psychology

 

* IAP member academies have been provided by a link through which queries should be submitted. For further information, please contact iap@twas.org

 

Contact Person

Resources

Health
Report Countering COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Release date:
Countering COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Other Long-Term Social Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Release date:
Long-Term Social Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Policy for Science, Other
Other Crises: economy, society, law, and culture. Towards a less vulnerable humankind
Release date:
S20 statement on Crises: economy, society, law, and culture. Towards a less vulnerable humankind LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Other S20 statement on Pandemic preparedness and the role of science
Release date:
S20 statement on Pandemic preparedness and the role of science LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health, Sustainable Development Goals, Other
Communique Strengthening research on COVID-19 during the pandemic
Release date:
Strengthening research on COVID-19 during the pandemic LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Publication Enhancing COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in Canada cover
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Enhancing COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in Canada LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Other Les différents types de vaccins COVID-19
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Les différents types de vaccins COVID-19 LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Other types of COVID-19 vaccines infographic
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The different types of COVID-19 vaccines LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Publication Investing in a Better Future: Higher Education and Post-COVID Canada
Release date:
Investing in a Better Future: Higher Education and Post-COVID Canada LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health, Policy for Science
Publication Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis: Building on Lost Opportunities in the History of Public Health
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Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis: Building on Lost Opportunities in the History of Public Health LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Publication he Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Canada in 2020: The Pre-Vaccine Era
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The Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Canada in 2020: The Pre-Vaccine Era LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Publication Achieving the Public Health Potential of COVID-19 Vaccines
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Achieving the Public Health Potential of COVID-19 Vaccines LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Environment & Climate, Health
Communique cover
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Communiqué on Global Green Recovery After COVID-19 - Japanese LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Publication Cover
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The SARS-CoV-2 genome: variation, implication and application LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Communique cover
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Llamado a la solidaridad global en la pandemia de COVID-19 LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Energy, Environment & Climate, Health
Communique cover
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Communiqué on Global Green Recovery After COVID-19 LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Other IANAS statement on COVID-19
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IANAS statement on COVID-19 LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION:
Health
Communique CovidCover
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IAP Communiqué on COVID-19 LEADING AUTHORING INSTITUTION: