CBEP Mission

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Cooperative Biological Engagement Program is the Department of Defense’s premier biological nonproliferation division protecting the United States and its allies from especially dangerous pathogens by collaborating with partner countries and the international community to minimize the threat of deliberate, accidental, and natural infectious disease outbreaks through enhanced biosafety, security, and surveillance measures.

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Cooperative Biological Engagement Program utilizes Science Diplomacy to promote scientific and technical collaborations among partner nations and the international community in [the disciplines of] biological safety, security and surveillance to build constructive and sustainable international partnerships that address threats posed to health security from deliberate, accidental, and natural infectious disease outbreaks.