Part III - Germ-Wars, Treaties, and Global Trust: Demystifying the Biological Weapons Convention

Biosecurity: Changing the Game

In the third and final part of this conversation, Dr. Dinah Nasike, Dr. Alex Kyabarongo (a veterinarian, former Political Affairs Intern at the Biological Weapons Convention, and currently a Masters of Biodefense Candidate at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University) and Sandra Matinyi (Biosecurity Game Changers Fellow and the Executive Director of Nuo Bioscience, Uganda) conclude their discussion of the Biological Weapons Convention.

Links for more information:

• ScienceDirect
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• British Forces in North America
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• Japan’s Unit 731 (1930s–1945)
• Rajneesh Cult and Salmonella
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• The Japanese BW Program
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• Nuo Bioscience
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• Scythian Wars
• iGEM
• The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)