Dear colleagues, In December 2019 the first known cases of a viral respiratory disease were identified in Wuhan, China, which in three months spread around the world and was declared a global pandemic. As result, the general public was introduced to various levels of sanitary control measures, such as recommendation for hand washing, mask mandates,…
Dear BACAC members, In this complicated situation, which all of us have, please find below some links to resources which may be of potential interest to you and/or use in the current situation. International Federation of Biosafety Associations: https://internationalbiosafety.org/biosafety-guidelines-for-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-coronavirus-disease-covid-19/ WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 WHO Country & Technical Guidance – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance…
The Eighth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention will be held in the Palais des Nations (Room XVIII) from 7 to 25 November 2016. All information regarding this meeting is here: http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpPages)
Georgian biosafety Association (GeBSA) and National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) are pleased to announce, that 12th International Yersinia Symposium will be held in Georgia, October 25 – 28, 2016, at Holiday Inn Tbilisi. This meeting is the most important event in the field of Yersiniology research. It will cover a wide…
«First record of Aedes albopictus in Georgia and updated checklist of reported species-publication» in the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association by Tamar Kutateladze, Ekaterine Zangaladze, Nato Dolidze, Tamar Mamatsashvili, Lamzira Tskhvaradze, Elizabeth S. Andrews and Andrew D. Haddow. Issue of September 2016.
On September 19-23th 2016, the ISTC in collaboration with BACAC and Regional Biosafety Training Centre (Dushanbe) delivered a regional CCHFV/Ebola Capacity Building Training Seminar for 42 leading and young scientists in the Tajik Research Institute of Preventive Medicine (TRIPM), Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The scientists included participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan,…
