Africa CDC Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative Report on the Consultative Process to Identify Priorities for Strengthening Biosafety and Biosecurity

Acknowledgments
The Regional Priorities for Biosafety and Biosecurity (BSBS) report was prepared by the Africa CDC in collaboration with its regional and international partners. The Africa CDC is grateful to all the Africa Union (AU) Member States who
participated in the consultative workshops to identify the regional priorities. Africa CDC further acknowledges the respective Africa CDC Regional Collaborating Centres (RCCs) which hosted the regional consultative workshop.
The following organizations participated in the consultative workshops, contributed to the drafting and reviewing of this report.

* The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
* Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
* United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC)
* United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Africa CDC would like to express its great appreciations to the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) and Global Affairs Canada Weapons Threat Reduction Program for providing the resources to support the Africa CDC technical staff
involved on the process.