Musonda Mandona is an Africa CDC/ASLM certified regional bio risk management expert and a UNODA Youth for Biosecurity fellow. She is a thought leader, enthusiastic about developing sustainable healthcare systems to prevent public health emergencies and reduce their impact. She led the establishment of the Zambia multi-sectoral Biosafety and Biosecurity Technical Working Group, and improved the National IHR JEE score on Biosafety and Biosecurity to 3 in 2023.Musonda is currently leading efforts to develop comprehensive Biosafety and Biosecurity legislation in Zambia and the implementation of applicable Biosafety standards. She sits on the National Biosafety and Biosecurity Technical Working group as co-chair under the Ministry of Health.