Biosafety and laboratory biosecurity

• Background
• Collaborating Centres, Biosafety Advisory Group (BAG) and other partners
• Key activities
• Information resources, publications

Mission

The WHO Biosafety and Laboratory Biosecurity programme provides guidance on and promotes the use of safe and secure workplace practices, appropriate protective equipment, engineering and administrative controls in the handling of pathogenic organisms in laboratories, during transportation, in field investigations and in vaccine manufacturing facilities, to protect workers, the environment and the community from exposure, infection, and subsequent development of disease.

Goals and Objectives

Assist Member States understand, adopt and implement biorisk management strategies to minimize risks of infections through safe and secure practices in laboratory and transport environments, and to accomplish these goals in a cost-effective manner Establish a biosafety and laboratory biosecurity culture worldwide

Vision

Development of a cross-cutting coordinated WHO strategy for biosafety and laboratory biosecurity supporting vertical disease-specific programmes and activities, to promote the harmonization and implementation of biorisk management principles and strategies.