Biological Security - Weekly Update - August 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.

August29

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	EU for health security in Africa: ECDC4AfricaCDC	Homepage \| European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
BWC ISU	Second Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Ninth Review Conference of the BWC	Twitter
Canada/US	Cases may be combined for St-Hubert woman who allegedly tried to poison Trump	Home \| Montreal Gazette \| Montreal Gazette
Canada	Canada invests $45.3 million to boost ASF prevention, preparedness	National Hog Farmer
Deutschland	Angst vor Anschlag mit biologischen Waffen: Männer in orangefarbenen Schutzanzügen durchsuchen Wohnung in Berlin-Grunewald	Berliner Kurier – Berlins ehrliche Boulevard-Zeitung
RDC/DRC	Assemblée de l’OMS Afrique, vaccins et nouvelle épidémie d’Ebola en RDC : le point de santé hebdomadaire de l’Afrique	ACCUEIL ECOFIN
RDC/DRC	RDC : démarrage de la campagne de vaccination contre Ebola	Anadolu Agency
DRC	The Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola resurgence in North Kivu	WHO \| Regional Office for Africa
Liberia	What's Stalling NPHIL Building	Home - allAfrica.com
Global	Monkeypox Antiviral Originated as Post-9/11 Bioterrorism Defense	The Wall Street Journal
Uganda/DRC	Kasese Residents Cautioned About Ebola Outbreak in Neighbouring DRC	Uganda Radionetwork
United Kingdom	Countering Proliferation	Welcome to GOV.UK
United Kingdom	Scientist Matthew Cobb warns how advances in genetic engineering could spell disaster for the world if unchecked	The Sunday Post
United States	Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense receives $5.2M Open Philanthropy grant for bio-preparation work	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
United States	Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense Receives $5.2 Million Grant from Open Philanthropy	Homeland Security Today
United States	BARDA exercises contract option for additional smallpox treatments in early 2023	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
United States	Dr. Korch to Retire as NBACC Lab Director	The Daily News \| Texas' Oldest Newspaper
United States	Future Health Threats Are a Tough Sell in Washington	Bloomberg
United States	NEW REP. DEMINGS LEGISLATION TO COUNTER WMDS	U.S. Representative Val Demings \| Representing the 10th District of Florida
Global	Vulnerability and One Health assessment approaches for infectious threats from a social science perspective: a systematic scoping review	The Lancet \| The best science for better lives
Global	‘We’re nervous.’ Deadly bird flu may be in North America to stay	Science \| AAAS

August22

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Feature: China-aided Africa CDC project's imminent completion wins acclaim	English--People's Daily Online
Africa	How the US lost Africa to China over new disease control centre in Addis Ababa	HK, China, Asia news & opinion from SCMP’s global edition \| South China Morning Post
BWC ISU	Peer Review Exercise successfully concluded in Kyrgyzstan	Twitter
BWC ISU	The #BWCRevCon Sponsorship Program is now open	Twitter
Global	Climate change exacerbates almost two-thirds of pathogenic diseases affecting humans	Nature
DRC	Congo health officials investigating possible Ebola case	Reuters
DRC	DRC plague: More than 500 suspected cases reported in four months in Rethy health zone	Outbreak News Today -
Global	Eating less food from animal sources is key to reducing the risk of wildlife-origin diseases and global warming	Modern Ghana
Ghana	Women in poultry value chain urged to venture into the cultivation of soy	GhanaWeb
India	Parliament passes Bill to ban funding of weapons of mass destruction	News Headlines: Top News Today & Breaking News \| Tribune India
India	Zoonotic diseases are rising across the world. Is this a cause of concern?	Financial Expres
Israel	The scariest weapon: Bacteria and viruses as munitions	ynetnews - Homepage
Japan	Science Council of Japan Seeks Wider View on Dual-Use Techs	nippon.com \| 日本情報多言語発信サイト
Kenya	Podcast: Preventing the next pandemic	The Cable
Nigeria	FG prepares policy to address bio-terrorism threats	Peoples Gazette - Truth, Courage or Nothing...
Nigeria	NBMA, FUPRE sign MoU on biosafety knowledge centre	The Authority
North Korea	Did North Korea just hint a biological or chemical weapons strike is coming?	The Hill - covering Congress, Politics, Political Campaigns and Capitol Hill
Global	Predicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses	Nature
Senegal	Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever cases reported in Senegal	Outbreak News Today -
Global	Taiwan fears biowar amid tensions with China \| Ground Report	Latest News, Breaking News Today - Bollywood, Cricket, Business, Politics - IndiaToday \| IndiaToday
UAE	MoHAP organises 'One Health' workshop to enhance efficiency of UAE health system	وكالة أنباء الإمارات
Uganda	Gov't, FAO Commit to Increase Number of Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Trained Personnel	Chimp Reports
United Nations	Chair submits 2nd Quarterly Report	Welcome to the United Nations
United States	Public Health Protection Is a National Security Issue	RealClearHealth - Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls
United States	GAO: Hospitals face lack of staff, supplies or space to care for patients amid medical surges	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
United States	Group of senators encourage congressional leadership to fund better monkeypox emergency response	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
United States	Rutgers University hosts Regional One Health Consortium Conference	ROI-NJ
Vietnam	High-Level Forum on One Health Partnership Framework opens	Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
WHO	WHO makes new recommendations for Ebola treatments, calls for improved access	WHO \| World Health Organization

August15

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Africa/UN	Facebook
Australia	An argument for pandemic risk management using a multidisciplinary One Health approach to governance: an Australian case study	Globalization and Health \| Home page
Australia	How last century's bubonic plague outbreak was met with many of the same strategies as COVID-19	ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Burkina Faso	Towards an integrated surveillance of zoonotic diseases in Burkina Faso: the case of anthrax	BMC Public Health \| Home page
Canada	We asked African experts for their advice to Canada on monkeypox. Here’s what they said	thestar.com \| The Star \| Canada's largest daily
China	Explained \| What is the nature of Langya, the new zoonotic virus identified in China?	The Hindu : Breaking News, India News, Sports News and Live Updates
China	Langya henipavirus: In a 'scary family' of zoonotic disease	Deutsche Well
China	China’s Wuhan institute studied deadly bioterrorism agent, Congress told	Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News
Ghana	First Infant Dies From Marburg Outbreak, Virus Related to Ebola	Newsweek
Ghana	Last Marburg Virus Disease patient in Ghana has completely recovered	GhanaWeb
Ghana	Marburg Virus: Ghana To Declare Disease Over After No Active Case In Over One Month	Ghana News - Breaking News in Ghana \| Today's latest on Yen
Ghana/Japan	Noguchi, JICA to train healthcare professionals from 10 West and Central African countries	MyJoyOnline.com - Ghana's most comprehensive website. Credible, fearless and independent journalism
Ghana	European Union and GIZ supports FDA with €2.84m to ensure effective vaccine regulation	Homepage - Ghana Business News
Kenya	Zoonotic pathogens: When disease outbreaks follow unusual patterns	Standard Media - Kenya
Nigeria	National Biosafety Agency Trains 50 Scientists	Breaking News in Nigeria Today - Tribune Online - Tribune Online -
North Korea	What to Make of North Korea’s Twisted COVID ‘Revenge’ Threat	The Daily Beast
Global	Opinion: The new normal — preparing for the next zoonotic pandemic	devex.com
Rwanda	Ginkgo Bioworks, Rwandan Government Ink Biosecurity Agreement	Genetics, Genomics & Molecular Diagnostics News by GenomeWeb
United Kingdom	Kromek biological warfare expert details innovations to counter threats in the modern world	Proactive Investors
United States	JUST IN: Pentagon Biological Defense Programs at ‘Pivot Point’	National Defense Magazine \| NDIA's Business & Technology Magazine
United States	Dead man found in Brooklyn home with possible biohazard material allegedly made ‘poisons’	New York Post
United States	BARDA exercises procurement option for approximately $26M of SIGA’s IV TPOXX treatments	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
United States	Senators urge invocation of Defense Production Act to bolster monkeypox vaccine production	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
WHO	Preparation and administration of mAb114 for Ebola virus disease (?EVD)	WHO \| World Health Organization
WHO	Preparation and administration of REGN-EB3 for Ebola virus disease (?EVD)	ReliefWeb - Informing humanitarians worldwide
Global	Why COVID probably hasn’t helped bioterrorists, despite fears	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Biological Security - Weekly Update - August 2022