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In recent times, the international scientific community has found itself confronting a series of unprecedented challenges characterised by the erosion of scientific autonomy through political interference, ideological suppression, and growing anti-intellectual sentiment.1 While paramedicine is often seen as a relatively small discipline within the broader spectrum of health sciences, our profession has both a stake in, and a responsibility to respond to these developments with clarity and resolution.