Biosafety and Biosecurity: Overviews.ppt

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1. Biosafety and biosecurity in
Peru: An overiew
Walter Mendoza
College Park, Maryland, October 1 – 3, 2010

2. Overview of the presentation
1.The country;
2.A note on the terms: “bioseguridad”;
3.Epi-surveillance background: Cholera
(1991), AH1N1 (2009-2010);
4.Epi/Laboratory networks: MoH (+
private), agriculture/animal (FTA), Other
(US Navy);
5.Policy and institutional challenges

3. Some background on Peru
Pacific
Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean
The
Caribbean
1.About 29.5 M; 34.8% poor, as
of 2009;
2.Doubled pc GDP in last
decade: US$2,200 to
US$4,600, 6% growth rate;
3.Declining mortality due to ID,
though more attention to
outbreaks: AH1N1
4.MDR-TBC, EREID,

4. A terminological note
1.More than just semantics?
Biosecurity ≠ Biosafety
Biosecurity = bioseguridad = biosafety
2.A Bibliometric search:
Medline: Biosafety = 1164; Biosecurity = 1059;
Peru = 7057
Biosafety + Peru = 5; Biosecurity + Peru =
2
Lilacs and Scielo search: 20 docs + 6 articles
3.Official documents:
MoH: Mostly related to health worker protection
(occupational health); Agriculture: emerging concern on
GMO; Commerce: Exports to the US or EU;

5. National epi-surveillance network
1.After the Cholera
epidemic (1991), epi-
surveillance network was
strengthened;
2.Reference laboratories are
increasingly in place;
3.Weekly epidemiological
reports: MoH (~5000
points), Agriculture;
4.MDR, EREID,

6. Policy and institutional challenges
1.Health authority beyond MoH: who is in
charge in outbreaks? human/animal/GMO:
e.g. anthrax;
2.Build capacities for enforcement of new
regulations: roles of pharmaceutical
companies, int´l research in drugs;
3. Sharing experiences and lessons learned in
regional agreements;

7. Policy and institutional challenges
1.Raise awareness about the implications of
global/regional bio-threats: naming it? Do LA
countries need a “linguistic” consensus?:
“… words affect international and domestic health policy… including
the use of emotionally charged themes…” (Elwood TW. The influence
of words as determinants of U.S. international and domestic health
policy. J Allied Health 2005;34(3):125-129).
“The varying interpretations and applications of these terms have far-
reaching implications in terms of global health governance,
institutional and bureaucratic structures, and negotiation processes
relating to current health emergencies”. (Bond K. Health security or
health diplomacy? Moving beyond semantic analysis to strengthen
health systems and global cooperation. Health Policy and Planning
2008;23(6):376-378);