Promoting Science Security
Educating and
Training the
International
Life Sciences
Community on
Dual-Use Dangers
To assess the
best methods for
educating and
training life
scientists about
the risks of
dual-use
technologies and
research and to
cultivate a
project for
curriculum
development in
this area. NTI, Washington,
DC, USA
International
Council for the Life
Sciences
To
support the creation and
sustainability of a
bioindustry standards
organization, the
International Council
for the Life Sciences,
to develop normative
standards to reduce
potential proliferation
of dangerous pathogens
and the misuse of
technical information. International
Council for the Life
Sciences, Washington,
DC, USA
AAAS-NTI Fellowship in Global Security
To strengthen scientific expertise in policy-making and encourage scientists to pursue careers in the policy arena, this program supports biomedical/public health experts to work on national security issues in the U.S. government through a one-year fellowship. American Association for the Advancement of
Science, Washington, DC, USA
FSU Hepatitis
Vaccine Manufacturing
Feasibility Study
To test
the possible commercial
manufacture of vaccines
at a proposed new
production facility
involving professionals
previously engaged in
biological weapons work. State Research
Center of Virology and
Biotechnology (VECTOR)
and the High Technology
Foundation/Gorbachev
Project, Novosibirsk,
Russia
Strengthening
National Health
Preparedness
To assess
preparedness for
biological and chemical
attacks in several
nations by establishing
and testing a set of
international guidelines
for preparedness,
comparing them against
existing public health
capabilities that states
have in place and making
recommendations for
improving those
capabilities. World
Health Organization,
Geneva, Switzerland
Employing Former
Bioweapons Scientists in
Russia to Manufacture
Diagnostic Enzymes for
Endemic Infectious Disease
Threats
To support the
establishment of a
laboratory for the
production of enzymes used
in the diagnosis of endemic
infectious disease threats.
The laboratory will employ
former bioweapons scientists
who are at imminent risk of
unemployment owing to
proposed closure of the
newly formed State Research
Center for Applied
Microbiology (SRCAM) at
Obolensk, Moscow Region. SRCAM, Obolensk, Moscow
Region, Russia
Creation and
Development of a
Manufacturing Technology
for, and Introduction to
Health Care Practice of,
Up-to-Date Methods for
Detection, Diagnosis and
Control of Dangerous
Infections
To develop rapid
diagnostic tests for
select biological agents
of most significance to
Russia, to introduce
them to health-care
practices and to
organize manufacturing
of such tests.
Once developed, these
tests could help fill a
critical global need for
better diagnostic tests
for the detection of
infectious diseases. Moscow State Central
Research Institute for
Epidemiology of the
Health Ministry of
Russia, Moscow, Russia
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Strengthening Global Disease Surveillance, Early Detection and Rapid Response
Rapid
Outbreak Response
Revolving Fund
To
create within the World
Health Organization an
account dedicated to
supporting rapid
emergency response to
infectious disease
outbreaks. World
Health Organization,
Geneva, Switzerland
Middle East Consortium on Infectious Disease Surveillance
To improve regional capacity for infectious disease surveillance in the Middle East by developing a food-borne and water-borne disease surveillance system uniting Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority and by designing an infectious disease epidemiology course to build regional rapid response capabilities in the face of disease outbreaks. Search for Common Ground,
Washington, DC, USA
Model Disease
Surveillance System in
Iran
To support the
policy collaborations
between American
specialists at the
Policy and Global
Affairs Division of the
National Research
Council (NRC), acting on
behalf of the National
Academy of Sciences, and
Iranian specialists at
the Iranian Academy of
Sciences, in their work
to develop a model
program of disease
surveillance in Iran. National Academy of
Sciences, Washington,
DC, USA
Biological
Weapons Threat Reduction
Expanding Outbreak
Reporting and Education
in the New Independent
States
To reduce the
threat of biological
weapons and other
emerging infectious
diseases in the new
independent states, the
International Society
for Infectious Diseases
will expand the scope of
a Russian language-based
electronic network (PROMED)
that rapidly
disseminates information
about outbreaks of
infectious diseases,
including potential
biological weapons
attacks, to include more
physicians, scientists
and public health
officials throughout the
new independent states. International Society
for Infectious Diseases,
Brookline, MA, USA
Creating a
Regional Disease
Surveillance System in
South Asia
This project builds on NTI’s experience developing a regional surveillance network in the Middle East with Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, to create a regional disease surveillance network. NTI, Washington, DC, USA
Pandemic Influenza Simulation Exercises in Southeast Asia
To strengthen national and sub-regional disease surveillance capacity in the Mekong Basin area (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and China-Yunnan province) and develop a system that operates across borders, responds quickly to regional disease threats, and works to create equity in the national capacities to detect and respond to local outbreaks. NTI and others, Washington, DC, USA |
