Biological Security - Weekly Update - October 2022

The Weekly Biological Security Update is prepared by PGA's International Peace and Security Program and provided strictly for informational purposes only. Any opinions expressed in articles contained in this Update are not necessarily shared by PGA or any individual/s associated with PGA, nor does PGA, or any individual/s associated with PGA, vouch for the accuracy of the contents of these articles.

October31

Country	Topic	Source
Africa CDC	Reports 6883 Monkeypox Cases in 13 African Countries	teleSUR English
Africa CDC	Public health: Africa takes stringent steps on disease control	The Guardian Nigeria News
Africa	Future pandemics: Is Africa ready?	The Guardian Nigeria News
Africa	COVID disrupted measles vaccinations in Africa and now cases are surging	The Japan Times
Africa	West African Countries Come Together to Accelerate Access to Essential Diagnostics Across the Region	BusinessGhana
Australia	Australia needs a more comprehensive strategy to deal with biosecurity threats	The Strategist \| ASPI's analysis and commentary site
Belize	Ministry of Agriculture participates in launch of National One Health Platform	Belize News and Opinion on www.breakingbelizenews.com
Global	Biodefense Headlines – 30 October 2022	Global Biodefense \| News on Pathogens and Preparedness
Ethiopia	Northern Africa Confronted by Malaria Outbreak	Vax Before Travel
Ghana	Why African scientists are supporting gene drive research to fight malaria	Ghana news
Nigeria	Ebola: As cases rise in Uganda, Nigeria warns against outbreak	Premium Times - Nigeria
RDC	En Afrique Centrale, un variant mortel de la variole du singe fait rage	National Geographic\
Rwanda	Rwanda Red Cross, Africa CDC in joint bid to promote Covid-19 vaccination drive	The New Times
Trinidad and Tobago	Stop buying illegal wildlife, conservation group pleads	Loop Trinidad & Tobago News
Global	Tuberculosis deaths and disease increase during the COVID-19 pandemic	World Health Organization (WHO)
Uganda	Ebola in Uganda: why women must be central to the response	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Uganda	Ebola Disease caused by Sudan virus	World Health Organization (WHO)
Uganda	Africa CDC: Ebola outbreak in Uganda "not getting out of hand"	Reuters
United Kingdom	'Very limited' supplies of Monkeypox jabs forced Government to change vaccination method	MSN
Ukraine	UN still sees no sign of biological weapons in Ukraine	United Nations
United States	US CDC hands over equipment to detect Ebola at entry points	The Citizen
United States	Biden Administration reveals new plan to guard against future pandemics, bioterrorist attacks	Orlando News – WFTV
United States	The White House Makes Biosecurity a Pillar of National Security. Can Doing So Prevent the Next Disaster?	UN Dispatch
United States	US strategy seeks to bolster response to biological incidents	Research Professional News
United States	Biodefense Shortfalls Identified	Fed Week

October24

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Africa: A New Vision for African Agency in Sustainable Development	Home - allAfrica.com
Africa	West African Countries Come Together to Accelerate Access to Essential Diagnostics Across the Region	Home - Social News XYZ
Africa	Cholera outbreak linked to climate change – Africa CDC	TV360 Nigeria
Africa	African Laboratories lack capacity to deal with epidemics in Africa	The Guardian Nigeria News
Arctic	Risk of viral spillover found to increase with a warming climate in High Arctic lake sediments	Medical News \| Medical Articles
Australia	A vision of a One Health system for Australia: on the need to rethink our health system	Home \| The Medical Journal of Australia
Global	Biodefense Headlines – 23 October 2022	Global Biodefense \| News on Pathogens and Preparedness
Cambodia	Cambodian officials, conservationists call for end to wildlife consumption	Xinhua – China, World, Business, Sports, Photos and Video \| English.news.cn
Cameroon	Cameroon to start fifth phase of Covid-19 vaccination	Daijiworld - A News portal linking West coast of India and the World
Global	Dangers of invading nature become ever starker	Financial Times
DRC	NIAID partners with Democratic Republic of the Congo for new trial of monkeypox antiviral TPOXX	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
The Gambia	Gambia vaccinates against Measles-Rubella virus	Gambia News
Global	International task force finds COVID-19 origins 'most likely zoonotic' and warns of a failure to reduce animal-to-human transmission	ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan/South Korea	COVID-19 world weekly cases down 16% but Japan, South Korea up	United Press International
Kenya	Develop policies to solve Biological Weapon issues, African Nations told	The Star
Pakistan	Pakistan calls for regulating use of chemical, biological materials to prevent abuse	Associated Press of Pakistan
Russian Federation	Four non-nuclear ways Putin could escalate the Ukraine war	The Hill
Global	Study: Medieval Plague May Have Shaped Human Immunity	Voice of America
Uganda	Uganda reports worrisome increase in Ebola cases in capital	ABC News
Uganda	Ebola Spreads to Ugandan Capital, Bringing Total Cases to 75	Bloomberg
Uganda	Ebola outbreak in Uganda still a manageable risk	Reuters
Uganda	Security officials must respect Ebola directives on movement of cargo	NTV Uganda
United Kingdom	UK creates national monkeypox research consortium	BioWorld: The Daily Biopharmaceutical and Medical Technology News Source
United Kingdom	Scientists test new biological alternatives to toxic pesticides	Financial Times
United Nations	Day 2 of the Regional Workshop on Universalization and Effective Implementation of the #1972BWC in Eastern Africa started	Twitter
United Nations	‘Poor Man’s Atomic Bomb’ Made of Dual-Use Biological, Chemical Material Replaces Nuclear Weapon for Non-State Actors, First Committee Told	Frontpage \| UN Press
United Nations	Food safety finds a place in One Health Plan	Food Safety News
United States	FACT SHEET: Biden-?Harris Administration Releases Strategy to Strengthen Health Security and Prepare for Biothreats	The White House
United States	Monkeypox cases are in sharp decline. Could the outbreak be over?	Home - Maryland Matters
United States	Tool Used to Rule Out Foul Play With Covid-19 May Spot Bioweapons	Bloomberg
United States	BU lab wasn’t required to clear potentially controversial study with NIH, director says	STAT - Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine
United States	New biodefense plan seeks more research, tech to fend off outbreaks	Air Force Times, Independent News For Airmen \| Air Force Times
United States	Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense Praises Release of National Biodefense Strategy	Homeland Security Today
United States	On World Polio Day, the focus is on New York and the U.S. for the first time in decades	The Journal News
United States	Merck, Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute to develop two tuberculosis antibiotics	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source

October11

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Media Professionals from West Africa Region Trained on Infodemic Management and Data Journalism for a Better COVID-19 Response	Home – Africa CDC
BWC ISU	‘Strengthening of the #1972BWC,	Twiitter
Germany	Declaration on Biological Security by the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction	Auswärtiges Amt - Auswärtiges Amt
Global	One World, One Health – Tackling the Superbug Challenge	Home - Health Policy Watch
Russian Federation	Fear and loathing in Moscow	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Russian Federation	What’s the Russian Word for “Chutzpah”?	City Journal \| Urban Affairs Magazine \| Conservative Magazine Online
Uganda	Ebola outbreak in Uganda: how worried are researchers?	Nature
Uganda	Entebbe airport tightens Ebola control measures	Home \| Monitor
Uganda	Why the Ebola outbreak in Uganda matters to you	CBC.ca - watch, listen, and discover with Canada's Public Broadcaster
Uganda	What we need to do about Uganda's Ebola outbreak should have happened years ago	Quartz \| Make business better.™️
Uganda	Uganda is battling Ebola again – and the world doesn’t have a vaccine	News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's US edition \| The Guardian

October4

Country	Topic	Source
Africa/China	Africa CDC Headquarters to be Delivered Early Next Year	Walta
Africa	Africa Calls for New Public Health Order	Home – Africa CDC
Africa	Re-Imagining Health Workforce Development for Africa’s Health Security	Home – Africa CDC
BWC ISU	Conclusion of final BWC 9th RevCon Preparatory Meeting	Twitter
BWC ISU	Next Steps leading up to BWC 9th RevCon	Twitter
Caribbean	Caribbean agrees to improve pandemic preparedness, recover progress towards SDGs	Caribbean Life
Deutschland	Krankheitserreger als Waffe: Sind wir in Gefahr?	Startseite \| Gesundheitsstadt Berlin
DRC/RDC	RDC-Ebola : avec l'appui de ses partenaires le Gouvernement offre 10 ambulances aux 5 provinces	Actualite.CD - Première source d'actualité en RD Congo
DRC	Congo declares end of latest Ebola outbreak in east	Reuters
Global	Dual-use research needs international oversight	Nature
European Union	EU wappnet sich gegen Gesundheitskrisen und biologische Waffen	RTF.1 Regionalfernsehen
European Union	EU to Release Communication on Second Global Health Strategy Plan by December	Home - Health Policy Watch
Ghana	Africa’s biotechnology heroes celebrated on OFAB Day	MyJoyOnline.com
Indonesia	Gov't using 'one health' approach to control rabies spread	Latest Indonesia News - ANTARA News
Nigeria	US trains Nigerian security agents in weapon handling	Punch Newspapers
Nigeria	Africa CDC kickstarts initiative in Nigeria as FG inaugurates SCALES 3.0	The Guardian Nigeria News
Nigeria	National Points of Contact for all matters related to UNSCR 1540 from Nigeria are added.	United Nations
Suriname	committed to the elimination of weapons of mass destruction	Loop Caribbean News
Thailand	One Health 'key' to fending off future threats	Bangkok Post
Turkey	Experts warns of zoonotic diseases risk in Türkiye	Turkish News
Uganda	Testing trouble adds to disorder in Uganda’s Ebola response	Associated Press News
Uganda	Uganda Seeks Ebola Funding Amid Exposure of 65 Health Workers	VOA - Voice of America English News
Uganda	Witchcraft, politics rear ugly head in Ebola fight	Home \| Monitor
Uganda	Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak	Reuters
Uganda	Ebola confirmed cases rise to 41 in Uganda, Mandatory screening at Kenya border	Outbreak News Today -
Uganda	What do we know about the outbreak of Ebola in Uganda so far?	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
United States	New Infectious Threats Are Coming. The U.S. Probably Won’t Contain Them.	The New York Times
United States	The Strategic National Stockpile failed during COVID and monkeypox. Will it come through next time?	The Bulletin
United States	US Implements Subtle but Significant Expansions of Export Controls on Russia, Belarus, and Other Countries	Lexology
United States	US, Ukraine Refute Russian Bioweapons Charges	Arms Control Association \| The authoritative source on arms control since 1971.
United States	Zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 and monkeypox will become more common, experts say	NPR
WHO	Joint statement of the United States of America and the World Health Organization on the U.S.-WHO strategic dialogue	World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO	One health	World Health Organization (WHO)

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Biological Security - Weekly Update - October 2022