Panorama #2018-1
A thematic comprehensive compilation of resources gathering articles, opinions, success stories and publications relating to a given theme. This publication is a reflection of the strategies and activities undertaken by the OIE in its main areas of work as well as by its network. 3 issues per year
Perspectives 16 min
Perspectives on dual use
The term ‘dual use’ has become a catchphrase for advances that can be used for good but also for malevolent purposes, including in the life sciences...
Around the world 19 min
OIE guidelines and biothreat reduction
To address the lack of standards for biothreat and disaster response in many countries, an OIE ad hoc group has drafted guidelines on biothreat reduction...
Around the world 10 min
The 2nd OIE Global Conference on Biological Threat Reduction, Ottawa, 2017
Perspectives 20 min
Threat reduction in an era of changing bio-risk
Nearly 75% of countries are unable to meet international biosecurity and biosafety targets. It is imperative to act now. What can be done to accelerate measurable change?
Perspectives 19 min
The Biological Weapons Convention and its practical application
The Biological Weapons Convention prohibits the development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use of biological weapons and is a key element in the efforts to address the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction...
Perspectives 18 min
Global Rinderpest Action Plan and national preparedness
Rinderpest remains a threat due to the potential escape of the virus from facilities with remaining stocks. The re-emergence of rinderpest could have a devastating global impact, given the current immunologically naïve populations...
Around the world 19 min
Regional table-top exercise for countries of the Middle East and North Africa
The OIE organised a workshop with a table-top exercise, which brought together experts and decision-makers from both the veterinary community and law enforcement/security sectors...
Around the world 18 min
The OIE Veterinary Legislation Support Programme
The OIE has been able to integrate legal considerations concerning biological threat reduction into the overall mission of its Veterinary Legislation Support Programme...