AASSA & PAS "Pandemic Preparedness: Science and Countermeasures" Workshop
The Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia-AASSA) and Pakistan Academy of Science – PAS) organized a workshop titled “Pandemic Preparedness: Science and Countermeasures”. It was held on April 27, 2021 with the participation of Muzaffer Şeker.
Workshop is organized with joining of Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM), National Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS), Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), InterAcademy Partnership (IAP). Prof. Khalid Mahmood Khan, President of PAS and Prof. Yoo Hang Kim, President of AASSA have made opening speech of workshop. Prof. Dato Dr. Khairul Anuar Bin Abdullah, AASSA's President- Elect gave information about AASSA's future action plans.
Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Şeker held his presentation titled “The Role of Science Academies in terms of Cooperation in Pandemics” on session titled “Sustainable Development Goals and Pandemics”. He stated that TÜBA focused on workshops and publications on the subject during the Covid-19 process and collaborated with different institutions and organizations. He emphasized that the pandemic crisis, vaccine wars, societies and states are a test for humanity in general. Indicating that it is not surprising for human beings to experience all these, Prof. Şeker continued his words as follows: “The degradation of the ecological balance caused the decrease in biological diversity and the unbalanced distribution of resources. Our disconnection from natural life as a result of industrialization and urbanization has narrowed our production areas. This situation, as a result of commercial concerns, revealed different production and stocking methods and production techniques that threaten the health of humans and other living things. The status, income or class differences of people have completely disappeared, the whole world has been equalized in the face of the pandemic. TUBA as Turkey's national academy, has made several investigations and announcements from the beginning of the global epidemic. TUBA members took part in the Science Board of Turkey Coronavirus and in many different projects related to in many different projects related to fight with Covidien-19. TÜBA principally works with multidisciplinary and thematic methods and published many works under different subject headings and encouraged them to be published. Misinformation on social media and similar channels negatively affected the fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic. During this period of information pollution about Covid-19, TÜBA conducted studies to convey accurate information through scientists. At this point, TÜBA contributed to reliable data flow through scientific reports, books and information sharing through social media accounts. Prof. Şeker gave detail information about TÜBA's publications, reports etc. and his Works. Prof. Şeker continued his words by emphasizing the importance of data security; He stated that data sharing, reliable data provision and information security are on the agenda as a difficult subject in the field of science, and that the proposals submitted to get rid of COVID-19 should be reliable, feasible, objective and in line with human values.
On the other hand, in the Workshop following presentations were held; Prof. Dr. Anjana Singh from Nepal about “Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Women in Nepal: A Glimpse”, Dr. Muhammad Ali “COVID-19 Pandemic and other co-Epidemics: A Challenge for the Overburdened Healthcare System in Developing Countries”, Prof. Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad “Alternative Therapies for Pandemic Diseases using Herbal Drinks”, Prof. Dr. Farkhanda Manzoor Dugal “Development of an Assessment Method for Investigating the Impact of Climate of Lahore on Confirmed Cases of COVID-19”.