BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH: PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE STRATEGIES

Biological warfare, or the deliberate use of biological agents against enemies, has been a crucial concern for national security and public health. While technological development in biotechnology offers a potential channel through which biological agents can be developed and released in a very dangerous mounting danger of bioterrorism and state-sponsored attacks, this paper discusses the current understanding of how to deal with and respond to biological warfare measures through international collaborations that enable legal frameworks and public health infrastructures necessary to mitigate them.