Events

Calendar
1998
- Changing Concepts of Nature at the Turn of the Millennium
- Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions and Climate
1999
- Science for Man and Man for Science
- Science for Survival and Sustainable Development
- Food Needs of the Developing World in the Early Twenty-First Century
2000
- Science and the Future of Mankind
- The Future Universe: From a Cosmic Perspective
2001
- The Challenges for Science: Education for the Twenty-First Century
- The Challenges of Sciences - A Tribute to Carlos Chagas' Memory
2002
- The Cultural Values of Science
2003
- The Four-Hundredth Anniversary
2004
- Paths of Discovery
- Interactions between Global Change and Human Health
- Water Conflicts and Spiritual Transformation: A Dialogue
2005
- Water and the Environment
- Globalization and Education
2006
- Predictability in Science
- The Signs of Death
- What Is Our Real Knowledge About the Human Being?
2008
- Scientific Insights into the Evolution of the Universe and of Life
2009
- Astrobiology
- Transgenic Plants for Food Security in the Context of Development
2010
- Water is Life
- The Scientific Legacy of the 20th Century
- Human Neuroplasticity and Education
- Atherosclerosis: The 21st Century Epidemic
- Nuclear Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Development
2011
- L'essere umano, custode del creato
- Subnuclear Physics
- La centralità del malato
- Neuroprotection in Parkinson's Disease
- Fate of Mountain Glaciers in the Anthropocene
2012
- Complexity and Analogy in Science
- New Developments in Stem Cell Research: induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and their Possible Applications in Medicine
- Neurosciences and the Human Person
  - Statement of the W.G. on Neurosciences and the Human Person
2013
- Via Humanitatis
- Trafficking in Human Beings
- Bread and Brain
  - Statement of the Workshop
  - Declaración del Workshop
- The Emergency of the Socially Excluded
2014
- Syria
  - Statement
  - Statement Farsi
- Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility
- Evolving Concepts of Nature
  - Statement of the Plenary Session on Evolving Concepts of Nature
- World Meeting of Popular Movements
- Less Nuclear Stocks and More Development
  - Statement of the Workshop on Less Nuclear Stocks and More Development
- Young People Against Prostitution and Trafficking
  - Jóvenes contra la prostitución y la trata
- Joint Declaration of Religious Leaders Against Modern Slavery
  - Address of His Holiness Pope Francis
2015
- Protect the Earth, Dignify Humanity
- Children and Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Education
- Big Data and Science
- The Importance of the Encyclical Laudato si' in the Context of the Current Scientific Findings
- Health and Poverty
  - Concluding Remarks
2016
- "Laudato si'" and the Path to COP22 in Marrakech
  - Final Statement
- Actualizing the Vision of Laudato Si’
- Narcotics: Problems and Solutions of This Global Issue
  - Final Statement
  - Declaración final
- Science and Sustainability. Impacts of Scientific Knowledge and Technology on Human Society and its Environment
  - Final Statement
  - Declaración final
- Power and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence
- Europe: Refugees Are Our Brothers and Sisters
2017
- Summit on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
- Food Values: The Renaissance of the Mediterranean Diet and its Significance for a 21st Century World
- The Human Right to Water
- Biological Extinction
  - Final Statement
  - Declaración final
- Sharing models and best practices to end modern slavery and restore dignity to its victims
  - Final Statement
  - Declaración final
- Connectivity as a Human Right
  - Final Statement
  - Declaración final
- Cell Biology and Genetics
- Health of People and Planet: Our Responsibility
- Women Judges and Prosecutors on Human Trafficking and Organized Crime
2018
- Food Safety and Healthy Diets
- Transformative Roles of Science in Society: From Emerging Basic Science toward Solutions for People's Wellbeing
  - Final Statement
  - Abschlusserklärung
- Climate Change, Health of the Planet and Future of Humanity
  - Final Statement
- Boosting the Social Impact of Innovative Cancer Research
- Summit of African Women Judges
- Safeguarding our Climate, Advancing our Society
  - The Katowice Memorandum
2019
- Transport Union and Manufacturers Summit
  - Final Statement
  - Declaración final
- Personalized Medicine
- Who was who and who did what, where and when?
- Science and Actions for Species Protection – Noah’s Arks for the 21st Century
  - Final Statement
  - Abschlusserklärung
- Robotics, AI, and Humanity: Science, Ethics, and Policy
- Climate Change and New Evidence from Science, Engineering, and Policy
- Food Losses and Waste
- Paths and Commitments for Sustainable Development of the Amazon
  - Declaración de los Gobernadores del Pan-Amazonas – 1° Cumbre Panamazónica de Gobernadores
  - Declaração dos Governadorers da Pan-Amazônia no Vaticano – 1ª Cúpula dos Governadores da Pan-Amazônia
- Summit of African Women Judges and Prosecutors on Human Trafficking and Organized Crime
Archive
- 1939
- 1975
  - Biological and Artificial Membranes and Desalination of Water
- 1978
  - Nervecells, Transmitters and Behaviour
  - Science and the Modern World
- 1980
  - Mankind and Energy: Needs - Resources - Hopes
- 1983
  - Chemical Events in the Atmosphere and Their Impact on the Environment
- 1984
  - Immunology, Epidemiology and Social Aspects of Leprosy

Immunology, Epidemiology and Social Aspects of Leprosy

Working Group 28 May-1 June 1984 – The Pontifical Academy of Sciences, in organizing a Working Group on leprosy, has complied with one of its objectives, i.e., to render more visible some of the dire human sufferings which need a scientific, cultural and compassionate approach. [...] The new perspectives opened by the use of the armadillo as a model for the disease and the new approaches to the immunology and therapeutics of leprosy, together with the need to obtain an overview of the integration of a cured patient into society, showed me the need to organize the Working Group, whose information report is now published. [...]

Carlos Chagas

Participants

Lygia M.C. Andrade
Otto Bier
Barry Bloom
Jacinto Convit
Tore Godal
Michel F. Lechat
Nelson F. Mendes

Wayne M. Meyers
R.K. Mutatkar
S.K. Noordeen
F.E. Rabello
Marian Ulrich
G.P. Walsh
Richard Young