Title
Accelerating Action in Global Health Security: Global Biosecurity Dialogue as a Model for Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda
Date Issued
01 November 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
editorial
Author(s)
Brizee S.
Budeski K.
James W.
Nalabandian M.
Bleijs D.A.
Becker S.J.
Wallace-Sankarsingh S.
Ahumibe A.
Agogo E.
Ihekweazu C.
Nikkari S.
Ellis M.
Semesi I.S.
Masuku Z.M.
Ikram A.
Tahir F.
Makalinao I.
Severance H.A.
Van Passel M.W.J.
Cameron E.E.
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública y Medio Ambiente
Publisher(s)
Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
Start page
495
End page
503
Volume
17
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85077039036
PubMed ID
Source
Health Security
ISSN of the container
2326-5094
Sponsor(s)
Biosecurity and biosafety measures are designed to mitigate intentional and accidental biological risks that pose potentially catastrophic consequences to a country’s health system, security, and political and economic stability. Unfortunately, biose-curity and biosafety are often under-prioritized nationally, regionally, and globally. Security leaders often deemphasize accidental and deliberate biological threats relative to other challenges to peace and security. Given emerging biological risks, including those associated with rapid technological advances and terrorist and state interest in weapons of mass destruction, biosecurity deserves stronger emphasis in health and security fora. The Global Biosecurity Dialogue (GBD) was initiated to align national and regional donor initiatives toward a common set of measurable targets. The GBD was launched by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), with support from Global Affairs Canada’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program and the
The GBD is convened by the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) with generous support from Global Affairs Canada’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program and the Open Philanthropy Project, in collaboration with the government of the Netherlands as the 2018-19 Chair of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) Action Package Prevent-3 (APP3) on Biosafety and Biosecurity. The authors would like to express their appreciation for the brilliant strategic leadership of the Africa CDC Team. The GBD would not be possible without the amazing, active involvement from our GBD participants. We thank each and every one of you for your time, expertise, energy, guidance, and leadership.
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