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Global Health – U.S. Agencies Support Programs to Build Overseas Capacity for Infectious Disease Surveillance

The rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 shows that disease outbreaks pose a threat beyond the borders of the country where they originate. Over the past decade, the United States has initiated a broad effort to ensure that countries can detect any disease outbreaks that may constitute a public health emergency  Read More »

Author:
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Publish Date:
September 2007

33rd Workshop of the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions: Achieving Realistic Decisions at the Seventh BWC Review Conference in 2011

This workshop was hosted by the Association Suisse de Pugwash in association with the Geneva International Peace Research Institute GIPRI. The meeting was supported by a grant provided by the Swiss federal authorities. The workshop took place immediately prior to the Seventh Review Conference on the operation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in December  Read More »

Author:
James Revill, Harvard Sussex Program, University of Sussex
Publish Date:
December 2011

Breaking the Deadlock Over Destruction of the Smallpox Virus Stocks

One of the longest and most contentious policy debates in the field of international health has swirled around the fate of the last known stocks of variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox, which are held in 2 World Health Organization (WHO)-authorized repositories in the United States and Russia. After a global campaign under WHO  Read More »

Author:
Jonathan B. Tucker
Publish Date:
January 10, 2011

Infectious Diseases and Securitization: WHO’s Dilemma

The threat posed by infectious diseases has been increasingly framed as a security issue. The UN Security Council’s Resolution 1308, which designated HIV/AIDS as a threat to international security, evidenced the securitization process. Using securitization theory as a theoretical tool, this article explores the securitization of infectious diseases in the World Health Organization (WHO). While  Read More »

Author:
Jiyong Jin and Joe Thomas Karackattu
Publish Date:
May 25, 2011

Where Should We Keep Smallpox Virus?

To the Editors: In a recent issue of Biosecurity and Bioterrorism (March 2011), Tucker discussed partial retention of smallpox virus stock for continuation of smallpox research at 2 laboratories, 1 in the U.S. and 1 in Russia. A recent editorial in Nature (January 20, 2011) supported his opinion, saying ‘‘smallpox is a disease of history,  Read More »

Author:
Isao Arita, MD
Publish Date:
March 28, 2011