Dr Larbi Baassi is a Biosafety advisor and Executive assistant at the National Institute of Hygiene in Rabat, Ministry of Health of Morocco. Dr Baassi is a ‘’Africa Region Subject Matter Expert’’ under the Africa CDC Regional Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative. He is also International Federation for Biosafety Association (IFBA) Certified Professional in the field of Biorisk Management and Biosecurity. Dr Baassi has participated in many Biosafety and Biosecurity (BSBS) monitorship programs as a mentor. He conducted many BSBS trainings programs, in Morocco and in some other African countries in cooperation with many international organizations like IFBA and US Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). He has coordinated project activities pertaining to Biosafety, Biosecurity, Biorisk management and laboratory with US CRDF-Global, the US George Town University. Dr Baassi is the President founder of the Biorisk Management Association of Morocco (BMAM) and the Vice president of the African Biological Safety Association (AfBSA)