Will the biosecurity interventions succeed in a resource-limited setting like Nigeria in the event of an engineered pandemic?

Published on June 12, 2026 4:59 PM GMT TL;DR Many biosecurity interventions assume that if we develop effective countermeasures against engineered pandemics, societies will be able to deploy them when needed. However, this assumption is largely based on conditions found in high-income countries: strong institutions, public trust, reliable healthcare systems, robust surveillance networks, and adequate funding. In Nigeria and much of the Global South, an engineered pandemic would interact not only