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Taking Stock of the Biodefense Boom

(Science Now) The anthrax mailings that petrified Americans soon after the 9/11 attacks a decade ago this fall, killing five people and sickening 17, led to an explosion of biodefense research in the United States. Nearly $19 billion has been spent—a huge increase …

September 1, 2011
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Taking Biosecurity Networks to the Next Level: Live Webcast

You are invited to participate in the first Virtual Biosecurity Center international conference. We will explore the role of web-based networks in promoting global biosecurity, provide an opportunity for experts from around the world to identify best practices and partnerships, and determine the feasibility of linking existing networks for global communication.

September 1, 2011
| Filed under International and Policy & Initiatives
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Issues Before the 7th Biological Weapons Review Conference

(Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses) Russia pursued a bio-weapons programme during and after the end of the Cold War. So did Iraq. Although the Convention provides for an approach to the UNSC to carry out investigations, this provision has not been invoked so far. …

August 31, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Biological Weapons, Countermeasures, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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‘Wider plan for new diseases needed’

(Bangladesh News 24 hours) “But the culture of not working together stands in the way of formulating such policies,” said coordinator of One Health Bangladesh Prof Nitish Chandra Debnath on Thursday at a media orientation on anthrax outbreaks. The Institute of Epidemiology…

August 19, 2011
| Filed under South Asia, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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New psychological first aid guide to strengthen humanitarian relief

16 August 2011 — Humanitarian emergencies – like earthquakes, extreme drought, or war – not only affect people’s physical health but also their psychological and social health and well-being. A new guide makes sure that best practices are consistently applied in humanitarian settings to improve the mental health of disaster affected populations.