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Biosafety Initiatives in BMENA Region: Identification of Gaps and Advances

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2016

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Erum Khan, Nayla Ahmed, Khalid Riffi Temsamani, Atef El-Gendy, Murray Cohen, Ariba Hasan, Hilliard Gastfriend, Jennifer Cole
Frontiers in Public Health

Abstract

A total of 1832 initiatives of biosafety/biosecurity were recorded from 97 web links; 70.68% (n = 1295) initiatives were focused on raising general awareness among the scientific community about biosafety/biosecurity/biocontainment. The most frequent areas of interest were biorisk management in biomedical and biotechnology laboratories 13% (n = 239), followed by living modified organisms (LMOs) 9.17% (n = 168). Hands-on training accounted for 2.67% (n = 49) of initiatives. Online survey results confirmed desktop review findings; however, the response rate was 11%.