Giving Full Measure to Countermeasures
Item Details
Title
Giving Full Measure to Countermeasures
Topics
This report makes recommendations to the Department of Defense about how to accelerate research and development towards countermeasures against bioterrorism, under the assumption that it poses a threat.
Date
2004
Conclusions
The Committee does not believe the DoD's current process will produce any significant results in terms of combatting biological warfare. First, The Secretary of Defense and Congress must make the DoD program for medical biodefense countermeasures a high priority. Second, Congress should create a new DoD agency responsible for research and development in this area. Third, Congress should establish an external review committee of experts in the field of medical countermeasures.
Source
Joellenbeck, L.M., et al. Giving Full Measure to Countermeasures: Addressing Problems in the DoD Program to Develop Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents. The National Academies Press. 2004. https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10908/giving-full-measure-to-countermeasures-addressing-problems-in-the-dod. Accessed March, 2024.
Citation
“Giving Full Measure to Countermeasures,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed January 15, 2025, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/550.