Report of the meeting
Bangkok, Thailand
10-12 December 2007

This meeting report summarizes the recommendations, presentations and discussions made at the meeting on Research Policy and Management of Risks in Life Sciences Research, held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 10-12 December 2007. The selection of countries was made in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia and the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific. Participants included representatives of public health authorities, national institutes of public health and national public health laboratories. Scientists, research policy experts and ethicists from international organizations, academia, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and WHO participated as facilitators.

This meeting report is part of the “Life science research and development and global health security” project. The project is aimed at raising awareness among WHO Member States about the potential implications of life science research and development (R&D) for global health security. It underlines the importance of carrying out life science R&D for improving the health of all people, as well as the potential risks linked with life science R&D. Such risks and opportunities should be assessed from a public health perspective.