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By Region: Asia/Pacific

Public Health Response to Biological and Chemical Weapons (2nd ed.)

“The message contained in this publication is clear: countries need a public health system that can respond to the deliberate release of chemical and biological agents. Regrettable though this message may be, the use of poison gas in the war between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 1980s, the recent anthrax incidents  Read More »

Author:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Publish Date:
2004

Anthrax in humans and animals (4th ed.)

Anthrax essentially ceased to be regarded as a disease of major health or economic importance after the enormous successes of Max Sterne’s veterinary vaccine developed in the 1930s, and subsequent analogs in the former Soviet union, in dramatically reducing the incidence of the disease in livestock throughout the world in the ensuing two decades. the  Read More »

Author:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Publish Date:
2008

Biorisk Management: Laboratory biosecurity guidance

This present document aims to expand the laboratory biosecurity concepts introduced in LBM3, and to strike a balance between the long-known biosafety procedures and practices described in LBM3 and the more recently introduced and broader biosecurity concepts. It further introduces the overarching “biorisk management” approach that has resulted from careful thinking, comprehensive study of prevailing  Read More »

Author:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Publish Date:
September 2006

International Health Regulations (IHR)

In response to the exponential increase in international travel and trade, and emergence and reemergence of international disease threats and other health risks, 194 countries across the globe have agreed to implement the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR). This binding instrument of international law entered into force on 15 June 2007. The stated purpose and  Read More »

Author:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Publish Date:
2005

Responsible Life Sciences Research For Global Health Security

The purpose of this guidance is to inform Member States about the risks posed by accidents or the potential deliberate misuse of life sciences research and to propose measures to minimize these risks within the context of promoting and harnessing the power of the life sciences to improve health for all people. Although the issues  Read More »

Author:
World Health Organization (WHO)
Publish Date:
2010