IAP Science Health Policy «the interacademy partnership»Achieving ‘Good Health and Well-being’ for all is the third Sustainable Development Goal. Health, however, is a transdisciplinary issue and goes beyond just ‘medicine’.
Within IAP, activities relating to improving global health are dealt with primarily by IAP for Health - a network of the world’s national medical academies and academies of science and engineering with medical sections. Currently there are 78 members.
The goals of the IAP for Health are: to strengthen the capacity of academies to provide evidence based advice to governments on health and science policy; to support the creation of projects by member academies to strengthen health research and higher education in their countries; and to issue consensus statements on matters of importance to global health.
Institut de France, Académie des SciencesSince its creation, the Academy has been dedicated to the development of science and advises government authorities in this field.
This dual vocation has been reinforced over time as knowledge has evolved. Today, academics carry out their missions, towards the State and towards foundations, within committees or working groups set up by the Academy.
- Encouraging scientific life
- Promoting science education
- Transmit knowledge
Académie Nationale de MédecineAccording to its statutes, the National Academy of Medicine is responsible for responding to government requests on any matter concerning public health and for all research objects that can contribute to the advancement of the art of healing.
The Royal Ordinance of 20 December 1820 defines its missions:
«This Academy will be specially established to respond to government requests on all matters of public health, and mainly on epidemics, diseases, specific to certain countries, epizootics, various cases of forensic medicine, the spread of vaccinia, the examination of new remedies and secret remedies, both internal and external, natural or artificial mineral waters.
It will deal with all objects of study or research that can contribute to the progress of the different branches of the art of healing. »
The company brings together physicians, surgeons, biologists, pharmacists and veterinarians recognized for their scientific work and for the responsibilities they have assumed in the health field.
Since its inception, the Academy has had eleven national Nobel Prize Laureate members. Its independence and the relevance of its reports and communications give it an original place and an important role in the health field.
It may be asked for an opinion by the public authorities but it may also take its own initiative in the fields of health but more willingly on questions of public health and medical ethics.





