Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association
Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association
Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association
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<strong>Biosafety</strong> & Biosecurity<br />
Challenges in the<br />
<strong>Asia</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> Region<br />
Dr TM Chua<br />
President<br />
<strong>Asia</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> <strong>Biosafety</strong> <strong>Association</strong>
A-PBA<br />
<strong>Asia</strong>-<strong>Pacific</strong> <strong>Biosafety</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Founded in 2005<br />
• Is a not-for-profit professional association<br />
• for the promotion of biosafety and biosecurity<br />
• aim to provide a forum for its members the exchange of biosafety<br />
and biosecurity information and knowledge.<br />
• facilitate the development and implementation of biosafety &<br />
biosecurity courses and workshops that are tailored to the needs of<br />
the region.<br />
• to encourage and assist in the establishment of national biosafety<br />
associations to promote good practices at the national and local level<br />
• to provide a regional network for collaboration in training and all<br />
activities that promotes biosafety & biosecurity
Slide 3<br />
Worldwide Biological Safety <strong>Association</strong>s<br />
ABSA Canada<br />
ABSA<br />
EBSA<br />
JBSA<br />
TBSA<br />
A-PBA<br />
ANBIO<br />
Spectrum of<br />
Risk<br />
Collective risk Collective responsibility Collective action<br />
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<strong>Biosafety</strong> & Biosecurity Challenges<br />
in <strong>Asia</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> Region<br />
• The issues of biosafety & biosecurity has evolved to<br />
different positions for different countries and region<br />
• In developed countries, the issues of biosafety &<br />
biosecurity has evolved to issues that question the<br />
need for regulation and controls of scientific activities<br />
and research that may open an avenue for the<br />
potential abuse and misused of biological agents that<br />
are infectious.<br />
• The Oversight of Science is an example that reflect<br />
this need to provide a framework that ensure a certain<br />
degree of biosecurity measures without adversely<br />
affecting the progress of science.
How do I get the lab certified<br />
?<br />
Training Emergency<br />
Response Team<br />
Risk<br />
Assessment<br />
SOP Dev<br />
ment<br />
BSL-3 HVAC System<br />
Design ??<br />
Budget<br />
Hidden Cost<br />
??<br />
CHALLENGES<br />
So many issues !!!<br />
So many questions ??<br />
So many different answers !
<strong>Biosafety</strong> & Biosecurity Challenges<br />
in <strong>Asia</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> Region<br />
• In many developing countries, the focus could still<br />
be on the fundamentals of biosafety as many of the<br />
facilities handling infectious agents were built more<br />
than 10 or 20 years ago with little or limited provision<br />
for biosafety and biosecurity measures in their design<br />
and practices.<br />
- This can pose as the weakest link in that chain of<br />
control in biosecurity against the misuse of<br />
biological agents to inflict harm.
<strong>Biosafety</strong> & Biosecurity Challenges<br />
in <strong>Asia</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> Region<br />
• To implement a systematic programme for biosafety &<br />
biosecurity that is effective and sustainable , a certain<br />
infrastructure at the regional level has to be in place to<br />
support and implement those programme,<br />
• A step forward is to identify or establish such partners or<br />
channels that can assist in the implementation of these<br />
programmes
A-PBA<br />
Activities<br />
• Support a Global (International ) <strong>Biosafety</strong> &<br />
Biosecurity Framework<br />
• Encourage the development of National <strong>Biosafety</strong><br />
& Biosecurity Framework<br />
• Encourage the formation of National <strong>Biosafety</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> / <strong>Biosafety</strong> Work Groups<br />
• To provide a common platform for training,<br />
networking<br />
and promotion of <strong>Biosafety</strong> & Biosecurity
‘The earth is but one country and mankind its citizen’<br />
Global Threats<br />
EMERGING<br />
DISEASES<br />
RE-EMERGING<br />
DISEASES<br />
BIOTERRORISM
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