Establishing a Theoretical Foundation for Measuring Global Health Security
The article examines academic literature to identify evidence, as well as practice-based indicators and proxies, for measuring health security at the country level.
Program Officer, Global Biological Policy and Programs
Michelle Nalabandian is currently on a 24-month assignment to the U.S. Department of Defense. Until her departure in September 2019, she served as program officer for Global Biological Policy and Programs.
The article examines academic literature to identify evidence, as well as practice-based indicators and proxies, for measuring health security at the country level.
The risks of a global catastrophic biological event are growing, intensified by an increasingly interconnected world, terrorist and state interest in weapons of mass destruction, global political instability, and rapid advances in biotechnology.
Paper explores “case studies” of national experiences of Japan, France, Norway, and the United States in replacing cesium-137 blood irradiators
Promoting cooperation on materials security, verification and scientific projects
Raising awareness and urgency to reduce the threat of the use of dangerous isotopes