Regional Biosafety and Biosecurity Legal Framework for the African Union Member States

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The World Health Organization (WHO) Joint External Evaluation conducted between 2016-2019, the Global Health Security Index (GHSI) and the regional consultations coordinated by Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), a specialized technical institution of the African Union (AU), highlighted biosafety and biosecurity capacity gaps among AU Member States. To address […]