Research Catalog

Title

Control of dual-threat agents : the vaccines for peace programme / edited by Erhard Geissler and John P. Woodall.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Geissler, Erhard
• Woodall, John P.
• Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Description

xvii, 265 p. : ill.; 30 cm.

Summary

"The Vaccines for Peace (VFP) programme was proposed to meet reservations about military misuse of research and development (R&D) on vaccines against pathogens and toxins that are not only natural enemies of living organisms but also can be used as weapon agents, to provide developing countries with vaccines, to narrow the biotechnology gap between North and South and to contribute to conversion of former biological weapon facilities. 21 experts in biotechnology, defence, diplomacy, epidemiology, international law, vaccinology and virology discuss VFP in terms of strengthening the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), vaccine R&D and production, public health and biological defence, and international programmes for prevention of disease, 21 chapters, 6 annexes (including the text of the BWC and the Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference of the BWC), 33 tables and 2 figures."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

SIPRI chemical & biological warfare studies ; 15

Uniform Title

SIPRI chemical & biological warfare studies 15.

Subject

• Vaccines for Peace (Program)
• International Cooperation
• Infection Control
• Biological Warfare > prevention & control
• Vaccines
• Biological arms control

Genre/Form

Congress

Note

• "SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• 1. Introduction / Erhard Geissler and John P. Woodall -- 2. Vaccines for Peace programme: executive summary / Erhard Geissler and John P. Woodall -- 3. Arms control, health care and technology transfer under the Vaccines for Peace programme / Erhard Geissler -- 4. missing link in implementation of the BWC: the war against pathogens / Felix C. Calderon -- 5. Vaccines for Peace: a political scientist's critique / Oliver Thranert -- 6. Control and co-operation in biological defence research: national programmes and international accountability / Nicholas A. Sims -- 7. Verification of the BWC / Tibor Toth, Erhard Geissler and Thomas Stock -- 8. conversion of biological warfare research and development facilities to peaceful uses / Milton Leitenberg -- 9. Viral vaccines: their evolution and current trends / Florian Horaud -- 10. Human viral vaccines / Nizar Ajjan, Pierre Saliou and Louis Valette -- 11. Viral vaccine research, development and production in the former Soviet Union: a brief review of the situation / Sergey G. Drozdov -- 12. Scientific and Production Association Vector: the current situation / Sergey V. Netesov -- 13. Vaccines against dual-threat agents: regulation and quality, issues and constraints / Jack Melling -- 14. Vaccines for biological defence: defence considerations / Graham S. Pearson -- 15. Molecular aspects of the activity and design of antiviral agents / Peter Langen -- 16. Vaccines for public health: can Vaccines for Peace help in the war against disease? / Stephen S. Morse -- 17. Global Epidemiological Surveillance System and Vaccines for Peace: complementary initiatives in public health and weapon control / Mark L. Wheelis -- 18. WHO global smallpox eradication programme: vaccine supply and variola virus stocks / Frank Fenner -- 19.
• 20. Funding and managing international programmes in biosciences and health care / John P. Woodall -- 21. From BVI to VFP: towards a system of global biological security / Erhard Geissler, Felix C. Calderon and John P. Woodall -- Annexe A. The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention -- Annexe B. Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference of the BWC -- Annexe C. The Biesenthal Vaccine Initiative (Vaccines for Peace) Biesenthal Consensus -- Annexe D. The Biesenthal Vaccine Initiative Mission Statement -- Annexe E. Mission Statement of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Project on the Global Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases -- Annexe F. US House of Representatives Resolution H.R. 5241 -- SIPRI publications on CBW.

ISBN

0198291728

LCCN

^^^93040982^

OCLC

• 908930429
• SCSB-11163066

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library