Control of Dual-Threat Agents - The Vaccines for Peace Programme

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.

Summary

The Vaccines for Peace (VFP) programme is designed to counter reservations about the military misuse of research into vaccines. It focuses on vaccines developed to combat those pathogens and toxins which can be used as weapon agents. In this book a range of experts from fields as diverse as biotechnology, vaccinology, international law, and diplomacy discuss the VFP programme.

Additional text

This book is a valuable account of the current state of the production of vaccines against human pathogens and toxins and the long-term strategy to make them available for civil use. It is a useful starting point to stimulate discussion with the most up-to-date, international information. It is vital, however, that the ideas from this study are heeded and drawn upon to enable further work to be carried out to assess the feasibility of the VEP programme.

Product details

• Authors: Stockholm International Peace Research I
• Assisted by: Erhard Geissler (Editor), Geissler Erhard (Editor), John P. Woodall (Editor), Woodall John P. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.1994
• EAN: 9780198291725
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829172-5
• Dimensions: 211 mm x 298 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 934 g
• Series: SIPRI Chemical & Biological Warfare Studies; Sipri Chemical & Biological Wa; SIPRI Chemical & Biological Warfare Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Pharmacology, HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, Pharmacology, Chemical & biological weapons, Chemical and biological weapons, MEDICAL / Military Medicine