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IMPLICATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM RESPONSE TO THE EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK FOR THE BWC Research Project to Inform RecommendaCons for the 8 th Review Conference Thursday, December 17, 2015 0900-1000 Hosted by the United States of America AGENDA u Opening remarks by U.S. Ambassador Robert Wood u Presenta9on by Dr. Rebecca Katz (U.S. Department of State) and Dr. MaBhew Lim (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) u Comments from the World Health Organiza9on and the United Na9ons Office for Disaster Risk Reduc9on u Discussion on recommenda9ons for topics to be discussed during the intersessional period.

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IMPLICATIONSANDLESSONSLEARNEDFROMRESPONSETOTHEEBOLAVIRUSDISEASEOUTBREAKFORTHEBWC

ResearchProjecttoInformRecommendaConsforthe8thReview

Conference

Thursday,December17,20150900-1000

HostedbytheUnitedStatesofAmerica

AGENDA

u  OpeningremarksbyU.S.AmbassadorRobertWoodu  Presenta9onbyDr.RebeccaKatz(U.S.DepartmentofState)andDr.

MaBhewLim(U.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices)u  CommentsfromtheWorldHealthOrganiza9onandtheUnitedNa9ons

OfficeforDisasterRiskReduc9onu  Discussiononrecommenda9onsfortopicstobediscussedduringthe

intersessionalperiod.

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IMPLICATIONSANDLESSONSLEARNEDFROMRESPONSETOTHEEBOLAVIRUSDISEASEOUTBREAKFORTHEBIOLOGICALWEAPONS

CONVENTION

ResearchProjecttoInformRecommendaConsforthe8thReviewConference

RebeccaKatz,PhDMPHU.S.DepartmentofState

[email protected]

MaBhewLim,MDU.S.DepartmentofHealth

[email protected]

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Objec9ves

•  Projectbackground•  Abouttheproject– Methodology–  InterviewQues9ons

•  Preliminaryfindings•  Howfindingsfitwithinlargerreformcontext

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EbolaResponse&theBWC

•  ResponsetoEbolainWestAfricahasfundamentallychallengedpreconcep9onsaboutinterna9onalassistancefollowingapublichealthemergency,strainingglobalpublichealthemergencyresponseandnecessita9ngsustainedcontribu9onsfrom:•  Na9onalGovernments•  IntergovernmentalOrganiza9ons•  Interna9onalOrganiza9ons:and•  CharitableOrganiza9ons,Founda9ons,andIndividualDonors.

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EbolaResponse&theBWC

BWCStatesPar9esrecommenda9onstoassessEbolaresponseforlessonsrelevanttoAr9cleVIIoftheConven9on.

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AboutOurProject

Intent:tolearnfromNGOs,IOSandbilateraldonorshowresponsetoEbolaoutbreakmight

havebeendifferentiftherehadbeenadeliberatecomponent.

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Methodology•  Reviewedexis9ngpolicies,relevantliterature,andlessons

learneddocumentsfromEbolaresponse•  DevelopedscenariofordeliberatecomponenttoEbola

outbreak•  Iden9fiedandinterviewedkeystakeholdersfromrelevant

responseorganiza9onsonanot-for-aBribu9onbasis.•  Iden9fiedseriesofques9ons/issuesfromini9alinterviews•  RevieweddiscussionsfromUNIDIR/ISUmee9nginAugust

2015•  Conductedinterviewsandconsulta9onswithaffected

statesandbilateraldonors

•  Intenttosolicitaddi9onalcommentsfromMemberStates•  Intenttoputtogetherfinalrecommenda9onsforSpring

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Scenario-DeliberateUse

Duringtheoutbreak,anon-stateactorclaimsresponsibilityfornewcasesofthediseaseinanadjacentgeographicalareawithapreviouslyunexposedpopula=on.-  Newcasescannotbeepidemiologicallylinkedtoothercasesintheongoingoutbreak

-  Canneitherprove,norrefute,that“deliberateuse”hasoccurred

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Scenario-NonPermissiveEnvironment

Loca=onofsomeofnewcasesinregionofacountrynotcontrolledbyna=onalgovernmentraisingsecurityconcerns-Ifanoutbreakofaselectagentoccursinanenvironmentwherethereareknownbadactors,howdoesthatimpactyourriskcalcula9on/response?

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SampleInterviewQues9ons1.  Didyourorganiza9onrespondtotheEbolaoutbreakinWestAfrica?2.  Wasthisresponsenormalforyourorganiza9on,orwasitunusual?Ifso,how/

why?3.  Ifyes,whatwasthenatureoftheresponse?Didyouorganiza9onhave

personneldeployedtoWestAfrica?4.  Wouldyourorganiza9onrespondtothe(fic9onal)outbreak?Ifso,how?Ifnot,

whynot?5.  Wouldthethreatofaninten9onaleventchangeyourorganiza9onalresponse?6.  Ifso,whatwouldbeyourorganiza9on’sprimaryconcern?7.  Whatorganiza9onwouldyouexpecttotaketheleadintheresponsetoa

poten9allyinten9onalevent?8.  Arethereappropriateguidanceavailableforwhathappensiftheeventis

inten9onal?9.  Howwouldaninten9onaleventchangehowyouperceiveyourorganiza9on’s

mandateandlegalauthori9es?10.  Woulddeliberateuseimpactyourwillingnesstosharecountermeasuresand

resources?11.  Arethereanyotherchallengesthatyouexperiencedinthehumanitarian

disasterresponsethatmightimpactaninten9onalresponseorinves9ga9on?

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PreliminaryFindings

•  Scenarioplausible•  CoremandateofNGOsandIOswouldnotchangeinscenario,butmajorchallengestoresponse– NotallNGOscouldrespond– Medicalpersonnelvolunteersandsafety–  Increaseddifficultywithlogis9cs(includingmedicalevacua9on)

– Ques9onsofleadershipandcoordina9on–  Confusionoverroleofmilitaries/peacekeepers

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PreliminaryFindings:MajorCategories

•  Theroleofmilitaryresources•  Leadershipandcoordina9on•  Interac9onswithNGOsandinterna9onalorganiza9ons

•  Safetyandsecurityofmedicalpersonnel•  Interac9onbetweenhumanitarianresponseeffortsandaBribu9onassessments

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OutreachtoBilateralDonorandRecipientNa9ons

•  Emailoutreachtomajorbilateraldonors•  Emailoutreachtorecipientna9ons

•  Sampleques9onsinclude:–  Pleasedescribeanybarriersfacedinproviding/receivinginterna9onalassistanceinresponsetoEbola

– Doesyourgovernmenthaveguidance/policiesforinterna9onalresponsetoadeliberateevent?

–  Specificrecommenda9onsforhowBWCcommunitymightlearnfromyourcountry’sexperiencewithEbola/Ebolaresponse?

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CurrentFindings

•  Theroleofmilitaryresources•  Leadershipandcoordina9on•  Interac9onswithNGOsandinterna9onalorganiza9ons(includingsafetyandsupportforresponders)

•  Na9onalplans/doctrine/exercisingresponsetodeliberatebiologicalevents

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NextSteps•  Reviewaddi9onalliterature•  Reviewaddi9onalcomments/responsesfromStatesPar9es

•  Discusschallenges•  PossibleWiltonParkmee9ng•  Assesshowrecommenda9onsforBWCcommunityfitwithinlargerreformefforts

•  Revisefindingsandrecommenda9onsforIntersessionalProgramfordiscussionamongstStatesPar9es

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FollowUP

•  Forcopiesofslides,ques9onsforStatesPar9esormoreinforma9on,pleasecontact:–  [email protected]