Essays on Biosecurity

strains?” Researches on viruses have been carried out since time immemorial. Several vaccines, therapeutics, and targeted drug delivery systems have been developed only through extensive research on virulent strains. However, genetic engineering and molecular biology techniques have enabled scientists to manipulate, and develop new recombinant strains that may not occur in nature spontaneously. Proper containment of these engineered strains is essential as they might have properties that are entirely different from their parent strains. In September 2011 a researcher from Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam revealed how he had engineered avian influenza strain H5N1, and made it “more receptive to ...

Disease Surveillance Requirements in Australia

While much has been hypothesized regarding disease surveillance, it is of the essence to note that this occurs as one of the fundamental components of animal health services. This may be attributed to the fact that disease surveillance offers a comprehensive platform that provides warning on impending disease outbreaks. On a similar note, disease surveillance offers a viable platform that allows for planning, implementation and monitoring of a wider array of disease control programs. In a nutshell, disease surveillance is important for emergency preparedness for any animal disease. A close analysis of the Australian contexts depicts the existence of a robust animal disease surveillance program, ...

1.0 The role and leadership traits of Public Information Officer In the present scenario, the public information officer is charged with the responsibility to advise the president on the public communication and the expected outcome on the communication. In the advent of the impending bioterrorist attack, the public information officer has to study the recorded video tape and advice the group on whether, how and when to communicate the information therein to the citizen. The aim of such communication would be to seek the citizen’s cooperation in the government’s plan and to prevent mass panic that ...

Question 1: Food Security and Climatic Change

The right to food is an essential human right. To live healthily and have a productive life, human beings must have access to a reliable supply of food. This is food security. Climatic changes are the long term changes in the average weather conditions. Agriculture is crucial for food security because, it provides the food eaten by people, and a source of livelihood for about 36% of the total workforce in the world. The dependency on agriculture is slightly higher in Africa and Asia. If climatic change adversely affects agricultural production in these regions, the risk to food insecurity will be increased. ...

Several forms of incidents happen at hazardous facilities. They can be very dangerous for workers, the whole community and the environment. This paper will basically define the concepts of MHF or major hazard facilities, QRA or quantified risk assessment, individual risks, societal or group risks, FAR or fatal accident rate, among others. QRA is the accepted methodology that is used to quantify the risks in major hazard facilities. The paper will also exemplify certain industries which are hazardous to the workers and the general environment and how its operators manage the risks involved in their operations of such facilities. ...