FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- Introduction -- 1 A Vision for Russia's Future -- 2 Pillar One: Improving Surveillance and Response -- 3 Pillar Two: Meeting Pathogen Research Challenges -- 4 Pillar Three: The Promise of Biotechnology -- 5 Pillar Four: The Human Resource Base -- 6 Reshaping U.S.-Russian Cooperation in the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Committee Biographies -- Appendix B Organizations Consulted During the Study -- Appendix C Decision of the Board of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation: Tasks for the Periods 2001-2005 and 2006-2010 -- Appendix D Main Goals and Objectives in Combating Infectious Diseases in the Russian Federation -- Appendix E Regulations Regarding the Federal Service for the Supervision in the Sphere of Health and Social Development -- Appendix F Recent Reports by the National Academies on Global Health Concerns -- Appendix G Bioterrorism: A National and Global Threat -- Appendix H Highest Priority Measures for Creating a System to Counter Biological Terrorism -- Appendix I National Immunization Calendar of the Russian Federation -- Appendix J Selected Russian Research and Related Institutions with Activities Relevant to Infectious Diseases, Diagnostics, Treatment, Prevention, and Control -- Appendix K Scientific and Methodological Research Results Highlighted by the Russian Ministry of Health and Social Development -- Appendix L List of Research Projects Proposed in Open Competitions Organized in 2003 -- Appendix M Test Systems and Other Products Being Developed in Russian Laboratories -- Appendix N RosAgroBioProm Organizational Structure -- Appendix O Activities of Russian Research Institutes in Developing Vaccines for Human Use.

Appendix P Regulation of the Russian Government on Licensing Activities Connected with the Use of Infectious Disease Antidotes, No. 731 -- Appendix Q Bioengagement Programs Financed by the United States Government -- Appendix R International Programs and Projects of Special Significance to the Ministry of Health and Social Development -- Selected Bibliography.