First Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Public Health Entomology; 2016

The first meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Public Health Entomology (TAG PHE), was held from 8 to 10 March 2016 at the PAHO headquarters in Washington, DC. The topics discussed covered two scenarios: 1) vector control and prevention actions in regards to the current public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) declared by WHO on the epidemic of Zika virus infections in the Americas, and 2) review and analysis of the actions that can be implemented in the medium and long term for the prevention and control of vectors responsible for vector-borne diseases (VBD) in the Americas.