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* CORRESPONDENCE * 17 March 2020 By * Leandro F. M. Rezende * Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. * Gabriela A. Wagner * Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. Members of the

Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science, backed by the national media, have narrowly averted a move by the ministry of education that could

have been disastrous for researchers. The ministry had sought to limit the participation of scientists in national and international scientific meetings to just one or two per institution

(see go.nature.com/2xtnxj and go.nature.com/2jemdy; both in Portuguese). In that event, Brazil’s voice at the 16th World Congress on Public Health 2020, for example, would have been no more

than a whisper in discussions of global-health emergencies such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. ACCESS OPTIONS Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our

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_doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00783-1_ RELATED ARTICLES SUBJECTS * Government * Conferences and meetings LATEST ON: Government Conferences and meetings