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TWAS statement on COVID-19 pandemic
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TWAS statement on COVID-19 pandemic
International collaboration in combating the pandemic is key, says the TWAS Council, and mitigating the disease’s impacts depends on joint efforts inclusive of developing countries.
TWAS endorses the global call from UNESCO and from its close partner organization, the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), recognizing the essential need for the global research community to act collectively and for open science to control the spread of the virus. TWAS also emphasizes that efforts to use scientific research to contain the virus must be inclusive of countries in the developing world, with an eye toward strengthening capacity for scientific research in the least-developed countries.