| | Public health response to biological and chemical weapons: |
| | 3,39 | | MB | WHO guidance (2004) |
| | 341 | | stron |
| | 3655 | | ID | World Health Organization |
| | 2004 | | rok |
| | Contents |
| | - Cover and disclaimer [pdf 615kb] |
| | - Contents (pdf, 18k) [pdf 18kb] |
| | - Foreword [pdf 17kb] |
| | - Executive Summary [pdf 17kb] |
| | - Abbreviations and acronyms [pdf 14kb] |
| | - Contributors (pdf - 20k) [pdf 43kb] |
| | - 1. Introduction [pdf 31kb] |
| | 1.1 Developments since the first edition |
| | 1.2 Origin and purpose of the present report |
| | 1.3 Some working definitions |
| | 1.4 Structure |
| | - 2. Assessing the threat to public health [pdf 54kb] |
| | 2.1 Background |
| | 2.2 Technological developments |
| | 2.3 Advancing science |
| | 2.4 Preliminary threat assessment |
| | - 3. Biological and chemical agents [pdf 84kb] |
| | 3.1 The representative group of agents |
| | 3.2 Dissemination of biological and chemical agents |
| | 3.3 Routes of exposure |
| | 3.4 Characteristics of biological agents |
| | 3.5 Characteristics of chemical agents |
| | 3.6 Consequences of using biological or chemical weapons |
| | 3.7 Assessment and conclusions |
| | - 4. Public health preparedness and response [pdf 152kb] |
| | 4.1 Background |
| | 4.2 Preparedness |
| | 4.3 Response |
| | Appendix 4.1: Principles of risk analysis |
| | Appendix 4.2: The sarin incidents in Japan |
| | Appendix 4.3: The deliberate release of anthrax spores through the United States postal system |
| | - 5. Legal aspects [pdf 56kb] |
| | 5.1 The 1925 Geneva Protocol |
| | 5.2 The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention |
| | 5.3 The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention |
| | 5.4 Conclusions |
| | Appendix 5.1: BWC implementing legislation |
| | Appendix 5.2: CWC implementing legislation |
| | - 6. International sources of assistance [pdf 49kb] |
| | 6.1 United Nations |
| | 6.2 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| | 6.3 Biological Weapons Convention |
| | 6.4 World Health Organization |
| | 6.5 Food and Agriculture |
| | Organization of the United Nations |
| | 6.6 World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) |
| | 6.7 Nongovernmental organizations |
| | 6.8 Contact information |
| | - Annex 1. Chemical agents [pdf 196kb] |
| | 1. Introduction |
| | 2. Lethal chemicals |
| | 3. Disabling chemicals |
| | - Annex 2. Toxins [pdf 51kb] |
| | 1. Introduction |
| | 2. Bacterial toxins |
| | - Annex 3. Biological agents [pdf 137kb] |
| | 1. Introduction |
| | 2. Bacteria |
| | 3. Fungi |
| | 4. Viruses |
| | - Annex 4. Principles of protection [pdf 55kb] |
| | 1. Introduction |
| | 2. Risk-reduction measures |
| | 3. Individual protection |
| | 4. Collective protection |
| | 5. An example of the application of risk-management principles: the problem of potentially |
| | contaminated mail |
| | Appendix a4.1: problems related to protection |
| | - Annex 5. Precautions against the sabotage of drinking-water, food, and other products [pdf 75kb] |
| | 1. Introduction |
| | 2. Prevention |
| | 3. Detection |
| | 4. Response |
| | 5. Drinking-water supplies |
| | 6. Food |
| | - Annex 6. Information resources [pdf 61kb] |
| | 1. Major texts and general sources |
| | 2. Task-specific sources |
| | 3. Resource-hosting web sites |
| | - Annex 7. Affiliation of who states to the international treaties on biological chemical weapons [pdf |
| | 29kb] |