Regional workshop to operationalize the global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences in the WHO African region

Book excerpt: This report summarizes the discussions of a two-day technical workshop on the operationalization of the global guidance framework in the WHO African Region and the discussions of the partners’ meeting, held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 24-25 January 2023. The workshop, which was organized by the WHO Science Division, in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Africa and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), was aimed at discussing the framework and other related existing regional initiatives; facilitating the sharing of knowledge and experience of countries on the challenges and needs in mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research; strengthening collaboration among multiple and multidisciplinary stakeholders within the WHO African Region; identifying the needs for additional toolkits or regional guidance; and recommending concrete actions for the roll-out of a national implementation of the framework.