ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Charter for Kenya Medical Research Institute, 2026
46. National Biosecurity and Bio surveillance platform
Edition: 2025-07-21 · In force
46. National Biosecurity and Bio surveillance platform
(1)The Institute shall develop, operate, and maintain a National Biosecurity and Bio surveillance platform for preventing, detecting, research and responding to biological threats and public health emergencies of national concern.(2)The platform shall have the following functions—(a)surveillance, monitoring and early detection of diseases, outbreaks and public health risks, including emerging and re-emerging infections;(b)bio surveillance, epidemiological intelligence and real-time threat assessment;(c)coordinating national or institutional responses during outbreaks;(d)developing preparedness plans and standard operating procedures;(e)ensuring biosafety and laboratory biosecurity, including secure handling, storage, transport and disposal of pathogens and biological materials;(f)preventing accidental or deliberate release of harmful biological agents, including mitigation of insider threats;(g)evaluating and modelling biological threats, including pandemics, antimicrobial resistance, zoonotic spill-overs and bioterrorism risks;(h)providing scientific, technical and policy advisory services to Government on matters relating to biosecurity, biodefense and bioterrorism;(i)coordinating with national security agencies, regulators and global bodies on matters related to biosurveillance and health security;(j)training health workers, responders, researchers and relevant personnel in disease outbreak management, biosafety, biosecurity, surveillance and emergency response;(k)maintaining systems for cyber-biosecurity to safeguard sensitive biological data, digital research platforms and critical national health security infrastructure;(l)perform any other functions as may be specified in the Statutes.(3)The Vice Chancellor shall have authority to issue, suspend, or revoke security clearance for any person accessing sensitive areas, based on national security risk assessment.