Capacity building in Biorisk Management in Pakistan

Capacity building in Biorisk Management in Pakistan

Group of trainers and Trainees from the biorisk management curricula in Pakistan
The Fogarty International Center (FIC) has collaborated with the Pakistan NIH and the Pakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA) since 2013 to train health professionals in biosafety and biosecurity, conducting workshops throughout Pakistan, teaching over 1,0000 microbiologists and laboratory technologists, veterinarians and physicians from over 250 institutions.

PBSA and FIC have designed biorisk management curricula with consultants, translating these into Urdu and regional languages. The program has grown in scope through deliberate selection of institutions from remote areas. Social media and online resources have been employed to boost impact. Using the “Training of Trainers” modality, outstanding participants are selected to be trained as master trainers.

Workshops include Biosafety Awareness, Training-of-Trainers, preparation for the new biorisk management ISO 35001 to enable laboratories to achieve biosafety/biosecurity objectives, Institutional Biosafety Committees, Responsible Conduct in the Life Sciences, and Biosafety Cabinet use.

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