The GIBACHT fellowship: a multilateral initiative for strengthening capacity in biosafety and biosecurity towards pandemic preparedness.

Autor: Mertens E; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg, Germany.; Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT), Hamburg, Germany., Zimmermann M; Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Hamburg, Germany.; Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT), Hamburg, Germany., Dywicki J; Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany.; Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT), Berlin, Germany., Lee MH; Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany.; Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT), Berlin, Germany., Pelikan J; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.; Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT), Basel, Switzerland., Bürkin BM; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.; Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT), Basel, Switzerland., Rutebemberwa E; African Field Epidemiology Network, Kampala, Uganda.; Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT), Kampala, Uganda., Hoffmann A; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland.; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.; Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT), Basel, Switzerland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2024 Aug 01; Vol. 12, pp. 1385579. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 01 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1385579
Abstrakt: The German Biosecurity Programme was launched in 2013 with the aim to support partner countries overcome biological threats including natural outbreaks or the intentional misuse of highly pathogenic agents. As part of this programme, this paper describes the development and implementation of a multilateral biosafety and biosecurity training initiative, called 'Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats' (GIBACHT). To achieve its objectives, GIBACHT implemented a blended-learning approach with self-directed, distance-based learning phases and three training-of-trainer workshops. The programme follows Kirkpatrick's model of learning to guarantee sustainable effects of improved knowledge and skills. One hundred nine fellows from 26 countries have been trained in seven cohorts. Many GIBACHT alumni have established additional biosafety/biosecurity trainings in their home countries. The knowledge exchange is strengthened by the implementation of a Moodle-based alumni network. GIBACHT has the potential to contribute to strengthening the capacities of partner countries in Africa, the Middle East, and South and Central Asia to respond and build resilience to biological threats.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2024 Mertens, Zimmermann, Dywicki, Lee, Pelikan, Bürkin, Rutebemberwa and Hoffmann.)
Databáze: MEDLINE