Promoting integrity, equity, and evidence in policies affecting public health.

Our mission, vision, and approach

INEP brings together national and international volunteer professional societies and associations of epidemiologists. We promote integrity, equity, and evidence in policies impacting health in order to inform rational policy development by governments and non-governmental organizations. We do this to better protect the health of the whole community of life.

Our Current Projects

INEP Declaration: the Importance of Epidemiologists and Epidemiological Research in the Context of COVID-19

The purpose of this declaration is to highlight the role of epidemiologists in the generation of high-quality research to combat SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Carefully-conceived and well-conducted epidemiological research offers an antidote to misinformation and disinformation about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Epidemiologists are needed more than ever to provide unbiased evidence to counter conspiracy theories and false claims about the effectiveness of vaccines and treatments

INEP calls on epidemiologists around the world to serve as voices of reason and moderation against unnecessary hysteria and sensationalism about the pandemic.. Epidemiologists should also speak
out when necessary and provide unbiased evidence to refute xenophobia arising out of the pandemic. At the same time, epidemiologists should support free and open discussion/debate, rather than censorship, as the optimal means of engaging all relevant stakeholders in the formulation of policy.

This declaration suggests a list of immediate and short-long term research priorities for epidemiologists during the pandemic

INEP Declaration: legal restrictions to safe abortion prevent evidence-based healthcare and increase morbidity and mortality

With this Declaration, INEP joins other health organizations in condemning governments that are restricting access to safe abortions and affirms the right to safe reproductive healthcare for all.

INEP Declaration: human rights and health in war, armed conflict, forced displacement, occupation, and violence: statement of solidarity with the peoples of Ukraine and around the globe

With this Declaration, INEP joins other health organizations in condemning the Russian military aggression against Ukraine and the destructive violence it continues to bring upon civilians and combatants. And we join the many other organizations who condemn the use of military aggression and violence generally, as they result in destruction, devastation, and disaster to peoples around the world.

“Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make a difference”

— Dr Mike Schmoker, Author

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