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Laura Kiefer, NTI's director of operations, sat down with Mary Fulham for the latest in Atomic Pulse’s “Get to Know NTI” series.
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Laura Kiefer, NTI's director of operations, sat down with Mary Fulham for the latest in Atomic Pulse’s “Get to Know NTI” series.
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NTI is working with international partners to develop a new Joint Assessment Mechanism (JAM) within the office of the UN Secretary-General to rapidly identify outbreak origins. Without the ability to quickly determine the origin of an outbreak, researchers are hampered in their ability to rapidly develop vaccines and other medical countermeasures that can slow the pace of the outbreak, ultimately saving countless lives.
NTI | bio Senior Director Nathan Paxton on using democratic collaboration to improve pandemic security
NTI is committed to highlighting and supporting LGBTQIA + voices in national security during Pride Month and beyond.
NTI | bio Program Officer Gabby Essix discusses diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the biosecurity field.
Aparupa Sengupta, senior program officer for NTI’s Global Biological Policy and Programs team (NTI | bio), sat down with NTI’s Mary Fulham for the latest in Atomic Pulse’s “Get to Know NTI” series.
Examples from around the world of the Global Health Security Index in-use.
In an NTI seminar, Dr. Gregory Koblentz explored how Russia seeds the ground with disinformation to create doubt around Ukrainian laboratories and outlined solutions for how the world can prepare for and prevent this sort of dangerous diversion in the future.
The current conflict in Ukraine has caused severe disruption to regional and global security, including growing concerns about the potential use of unconventional weapons.
Today, leaders preparing for the BWC’s Ninth Review Conference in August are exploring whether the global community can leverage increased attention and political will to strengthen the BWC by building mechanisms that increase transparency and trust with the goal of reducing the risk of global catastrophic biological events. A particular aim is determining whether there are effective and politically viable ways to enforce the treaty.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has exacted a terrible toll with hundreds of civilians confirmed dead. The number could climb precipitously if biological or chemical weapons were introduced to the warzone, as the U.S. and UK governments have warned. Russian propaganda networks have been laying the groundwork to justify such an attack for years and this propaganda has recently been parroted by some U.S. news media outlets, further inflaming tensions and mainstreaming lies. This is dangerous and must stop.
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