A strategic vision for biological threat reduction : the U.S. Department of Defense and beyond / National Academies of Sciences, Engineer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineer (Washington, District of Columbia), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biological arms control.

United States.

Biological Threat Reduction Program (U.S.)--Evaluation.

Biological Threat Reduction Program (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, 2020.

Summary:

"The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was asked to articulate a 5-year strategic vision for international health security programs and provide findings and recommendations on how to optimize the impact of the Department of Defense (DOD) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) in fulfilling its biosafety and biosecurity mission. Because BTRP is just one of several U.S. government programs conducting international health security engagement, both the strategic vision and the success of the program rely on coordinating actions with the U.S. government as a whole and with its international partners. This report provides several recommendations for optimizing BTRP success in its current mission and the wider-looking strategic vision it proposes."-- Publisher's website

Contents:

Intro

FrontMatter

Preface

Acknowledgment of Reviewers

Contents

Acronyms

Executive Summary

In Remembrance

Summary

1 The History of Cooperative Threat Reduction (1991-2018)

2 The Changing Biothreat Landscape

3 Addressing Biothreats through Successful Engagement

4 Key Roles for the Department of Defense in Biological Threat Reduction

5 Strategic Vision and the Way Forward

6 Key Findings and Recommendations

References

Appendix A: Committee Biographies

Appendix B: Congressionally-Appropriated Funding for the Biological Threat Reduction Program (2007-2020)

Appendix C: U.S. and International Agencies and Organizations Engaged in Global Health Security.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-309-67185-X

OCLC:

1150918954