Preventing the next global biological catastrophe (agenda for the next administration: biosecurity)
The Nuclear Threat Initiative, 2020
Abstract
COVID-19’s mishandling revealed the need to improve prevention and preparedness for future biological threats. The paper proposes a global approach to strengthening international preparedness for biological events. It calls for funding new global platforms and capabilities, such as a Global Health Security Challenge Fund, a dedicated global entity focused on reducing the risk of biotechnology catastrophe, and a permanent UN facilitator and unit dedicated to responding to high-consequence biological events. These measures aim to prevent the next global biological catastrophe and promote pandemic preparedness, biotechnology risk reduction, and global catastrophic biological event reduction. – AI-generated abstract.
