THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Policy and Global Affairs
Committee on International Security and Arms Control
Committee on Enhancing Global Health Security through International Biosecurity
and Health Engagement Programs
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Congressional Briefing
Monday, April 13, 2020
via Conference Call – 10:30 a.m.
on
A Strategic Vision for Biological Threat Reduction:
The U.S. Department of Defense and Beyond
This new report, from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, articulates a 5-year strategic vision for international health security programs and provides findings and recommendations on how to optimize the impact of the Department of Defense (DOD) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) in fulfilling its biosafety and biosecurity mission. Because BTRP is just one of several U.S. government programs conducting international health security engagement, both the strategic vision and the success of the program rely on coordinating actions with the U.S. government as a whole and with its international partners. This report provides several recommendations for optimizing BTRP success in its current mission and the wider-looking strategic vision it proposes.
This briefing was for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on April 14, 2020 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.