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Inter-agencies Deliberate Bioincident Investigation Training Program

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This training program by the DTRA's Cooperative Biological Engagement Programme is designed to help emergency responders in the US and other countries prepare to respond to a biological weapons attack. Modules include Joint Investigation Protocols, Detection and Monitoring, Evidence Collection, Biorisk Communication, among others. The training program has been run in Malaysia.

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The Inter-agencies Deliberate Bio Incident Investigation Training Program is designed to help emergency responders in the United States and other countries prepare to respond to a biological weapons attack. The program helps prepare different agencies to work together during a response and contains the following modules: Joint Investigation Protocols,  Public Health for Law Enforcement 101,  Law Enforcement for Public Health 101, Triggers Notification and Information Sharing, Joint Threat Assessment, Joint Situation Report, Crime Scene Reconnaissance, Detection and Monitoring, Evidence Collection, Hazardous Evidence Packaging and Transport; Biorisk Communication, Personal Protective Equipment, and Decontamination Procedures. The training program was run in Malaysia in 2018. 

The training program is run by the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP). CBEP grew out of an earlier threat reduction effort called The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, which aimed to dismantle nuclear infrastructure in the wake of the Cold War. CBEP is engaged with almost 30 countries and helps them create infrastructure to detect emerging diseases, both natural and deliberate, and helps them fulfill their reporting requirements under the International Health Regulations (IHR).