U.S.-Singapore-Malaysia-Indonesia Multilateral Dialogue on Biosecurity: Year 2

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Center on Contemporary Conflict
Cicero, Anita
Date
2016-10Metadata
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This follow-on project will comprise two biosecurity dialogues among the United
States, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia to address regional risks related to
deliberate or accidental misuse of biological materials, biosecurity and biosafety
vulnerabilities at high-containment laboratories, security issues posed by dual-use
science, and infectious disease outbreaks that might pose security threats. Countries
in Southeast Asia are particularly vulnerable to biosecurity threats due to the
region’s dense population, high volume of cross-border traffic, and frequent, closequarter
co-location of humans and animals. For these reasons, Southeast Asia is
susceptible to emerging and re-emerging diseases (e.g., SARS, H5N1, Nipah virus).
Bioscience labs are also becoming more common in the region, and “viral
sovereignty” continues to be an issue. Moreover, there are known terrorist
networks active in the area.
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Performer: University of Pennsylvania Medical
Center (UPMC) Center for Health Security
Project Lead: Anita Cicero
Project Cost: $223,784
FY16–17
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