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How prepared is Europe for biological threats – whether in the form of a natural pandemic or a bioterrorist attack? And how best can European biopreparedness be improved?
The publication contains both the report from the SDA’s October 14th roundtable and a collection of contributions from experts and leaders in the field, including:
- Jacques Barrot, Commissioner for Justice, Freedom & Security, European Commission
- Thomas Binz, Head Biosafety, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland
- Sergio Bonin, researcher, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
- Guenter Bretschneider, Head of the EuroAtlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC), NATO
- Andrew Burns, Lead Economist, Development Prospects Group, World Bank
- Nancy Connell, Director, Center for Biodefense, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, USA
- Ervigio Corral Torres, Director, SAMUR (Servicio de Asistencia Municipal de Urgencia y Rescate), Madrid, Spain
- Sabine Ehmke-Gendron, Director for Civil Protection, Council of the European Union
- Iris Hunger, Head, Research Group for Biological Arms Control, University of Hamburg, Germany
- Warwick J. McKibbin, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
- Alexandra Sidorenko, health economist and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Australian National University’s Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis
- John Oxford, St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
- Caroline Rudisill, Deputy Director of the MSc in Health Economics, Policy and Management, London School of Economics, UK
- René Snacken, Senior Expert, Preparedness and Response Unit, ECDC, Sweden
- John-Erik Stig Hansen, Head of Centre, Danish National Centre for Biological Defence, Statens Serum Institute, Denmark
- Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Health, European Commission
- Isaac Weisfuse, Deputy Health Commissioner, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, USA
- Andreas Wenger, Director of the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
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