Open AccessWHO’s response to the threat of deliberate releases of chemical and biological agents
Author(s) -
Richard Harling
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.37.01879-en
Subject(s) - biological warfare , member states , health security , chemical warfare , european union , emergency response , political science , business , environmental planning , environmental protection , environmental health , public administration , international trade , medical emergency , medicine , public health , geography , law , nursing
Following the deliberate releases of anthrax in the United States last autumn, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified a need to review existing emergency plans and implement further actions to allow member states, WHO and other international organisations to prevent, prepare for and respond to deliberate releases of chemical and biological agents (1). Previous WHO guidance on the threat of bioterrorism, specific activities at European Union level, and the coordinated international initiative to improve global health security, have been described in Eurosurveillance Weekly (2-5).