Zika virus infection: Scientific and technical material

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Guidelines: Zika Virus Infection

2019

• WHO guidelines for the prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus. Executive summary; 2019
  

  WHO published interim guidelines on the prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus in September 2016 (1), based on a limited amount of evidence under an emergency process during a public health emergency of international concern.

2018

• Technical note: Clarification on the possible cross reactivity in serological tests for IgM-measles and IgM-Zika virus

2017

• Practical recommendations for the implementation of guidelines for the detection and care of Guillain-Barré Syndrome related to Zika in the Region of the Americas (Only in Spanish)
  

  Este documento busca contribuir a la respuesta regional ante el incremento de casos de Síndrome de Guillain Barré en el marco de la emergencia sanitaria por complicaciones de la infección por virus Zika.

• Zika Virus Infection: Step-by-Step Guide to Risk Communication and Community Engagement; 2016
  

  This document provides Technical content on ZIKV, its manifestations, complications, modes of transmission, and prevention measures to be used in answering frequently asked questions and conveying messages in information and communication materials, community talks, press conferences, etc.

2016

• Case-control study to assess potential risk factors related to microcephaly including Zika virus infection during pregnancy
• Prospective longitudinal cohort study of newborns and infants born to mothers exposed to Zika virus during pregnancy
• Prospective longitudinal cohort study of women and newborns exposed to Zika virus during the course of pregnancy
• Prospective longitudinal cohort study of Zika-infected patients to measure the persistence of Zika virus in body fluids
• Case-control study to assess potential risk factors related to Guillain-Barré Syndrome including Zika virus infection
• Cross-sectional seroprevalence study of Zika virus infection in the general population
• Guidelines for the serological diagnosis of Zika virus infection – October 2016
• WHO: Identification and management of Guillain-Barré syndrome in the context of Zika virus Interim guidance; 2016
• OMS: Prevenção da transmissão do vírus Zika por via sexual Actualização das orientações provisórias; 2016 (Portuguese only)
• WHO: Prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus. Interim guidance; 2016
  

  This document is an update of guidance published on 7 June 2016 to provide advice on the prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus.

• Zika Ethics Consultation: Ethics Guidance on Key Issues Raised by the Outbreak; 2016
• Pregnancy management in the context of Zika virus infection. Interim guidance update; 2016
• Guidelines for surveillance of Zika virus disease and its complications; 2016
• Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice surveys Zika virus disease and potential complications. Resource pack; 2016
  

  This is a resource pack for a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) questionnaire about Zika virus and its suspected complications such as microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. This resource and associated advice was requested by governments and response partners as a way to rapidly obtain valuable and insightful information in order to tailor interventions to better address people's needs at community level, thereby contributing to the overall public health response to Zika virus and its potential complications. It can be used in communities with Zika virus transmission or those at risk.
• Risk Communication and Community Engagement for Zika Virus Prevention and Control A Guidance and Resource Package for country Offices for Coordination, Planning, Key Messages and Actions; March 2016
  

  This guidance operationalizes the risk communication and community engagement strategies outlined in the SRF by focusing on messages and behaviours for personal protection, for community-based vector control and for mitigating the impact on individuals and families.
• WHO: Assessment of infants with microcephaly in the context of Zika virus
• Risk communication in the context of Zika virus Interim guidance; 2016
  

  This document provides interim guidance for effective risk communication around Zika virus transmission and potential complications. Although Zika virus was first identified in humans in 1952, few outbreaks have been documented.

• WHO: Pregnancy management in the context of Zika virus
• WHO: Psychosocial support for pregnant women and for families with microcephaly and other neurological complications in the context of Zika virus Interim guidance for health-care providers; 2016
• OMS: Apoio Psicossocial para mulheres grávidas e famílias com microcefalia e outras complicações neurológicas no contexto do Zika vírus. Guia preliminar para provedores de cuidados à saúde; 2016 (Portuguese only)
• Amamentação no contexto do vírus Zika Orientações provisórias; 2016 (Portuguese only)
• Breastfeeding in the context of Zika virus. Interim guidance; 2016
• Provisional considerations for the care of pregnant women in settings with high Zika virus circulation: Document for health care professionals
• Zika virus infection: step by step guide on Risk Communications and Community Engagement; 2016
  

  his document offers suggested risk communication actions in relation to Zika virus (ZIKV) infection and other health issues linked to this disease. It is directed toward ministers of health and other health sector actors who, with their national (multi-disciplinary) teams for communication and social mobilization, will be able to adapt the provided information to the needs of their countries and audiences.

• Comunicación para impactar en conducta - COMBI (Only in Spanish)

2015

• Zika virus (ZIKV) Surveillance in the Americas: Recommendations for laboratory detection and diagnosis; 2016
• Guidance for reporting ZIKV

2013

• WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme: "WHOPES"
• Integrated vector management (IVM) directory of resources

2012

• Communication for behavioural impact (COMBI). A toolkit for behavioural and social communication in outbreak response; 2012
• Guidelines for procuring public health pesticides; 2012
  

  Pesticide procurement is a highly specialized and complex subject. Expertise is required to ensure that appropriate high-quality pesticide products are procured rapidly, effi ciently, economically and in a fair and transparent manner. It also requires the existence of national policies and guidelines, with clear and transparent procedures supported by appropriate legal provisions and controls.

2011

• Sistematización de lecciones aprendidas en proyectos COMBI en dengue en la Región de las Américas; 2011 (Spanish only)
  

  

2010

• Equipment for vector control – Specification guidelines, revised version; 2010
  

  

  The purpose of this document is to standardize the development of specifications for major equipment used to apply pesticides for control of vectors. The specification guidelines provided herein are also intended to assist national authorities in selecting equipment of assured quality used to apply pesticides for vector control activities.

2009

• Dengue Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control; 2009
  

   

2006

• Pesticides and their application for the control of vectors and pests of public health importance, Sixth Edition; 2006

2004

• Planning Social Mobilization and Communication for Dengue Fever Prevention and Control: A Step-by-Step Guide; 2004
  

   

2003

• Space spray application of insecticides for vector and public health pest control; 2003
  

  This guide provides information on how to control flying insect pests and vectors of diseases by applying insecticides as space treatments. Space treatments are usually designed to provide a rapid knock-down and mortality with little or no residual effect. Such treatments must be considered in conjunction with other control methods as part of an integrated vector management programme. Space spraying provides a rapid method of control in emergency or epidemic situations and may be used for seasonal control of flying insect pests or vectors. 

2002

• Proyecto Participación Comunitaria y Educación en Salud en Dengue: Proyecto de colaboración entre la OPS y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) (Spanish only)

Strategies

2016

• Zika Strategic Response Plan (Revised for July 2016 - December 2017); 2016
• Strategy for Enhancing National Capacity to Respond to Zika virus Epidemic in the Americas; 2016

Technical reports

2019

• Technical document for the implementation of interventions based on generic operational scenarios for Aedes aegypti control; 2019
  

  Arboviral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika fever, transmitted mainly by the Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus mosquitoes, are public health problems in the Region of the Americas.

• Documento técnico para a implementação de intervenções baseado em cenários operacionais genéricos para o controle do Aedos aegypti; 2019 (Portuguese only)
  

  As arboviroses como dengue, chikungunya e Zika, transmitidas principalmente pelos mosquitos Aedes aegypti e A. albopictus, são problemas de saúde pública na Região das Américas.

2018

• Taller regional para la revisión y ajuste de la “Estrategia para la prevención y el control de las enfermedades arbovirales” en las Américas. Informe del taller; 2018 (Spanish only)
  

  Actualmente, con la fase emergente y el pico epidémico de las enfermedades arbovirales disminuido, y aprovechando las varias lecciones aprendidas por los países en los diferentes componentes, nos damos a la tarea de realizar una revisión y ajuste del documento metodológico EGI-arbovirus. La finalidad es impulsar al máximo las capacidades de prevención y control de este grupo de enfermedades en los países y territorios de las Américas.

• PAHO Report: Response to the Epidemic of Zika Virus in the Americas December 2015 - 2016

2017

• Zika Situation Report: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (10 March 2017)
• Risk Communication in the age of Zika; 2016
  

  Since Brazil's first reports of ZIKV in 2015, cases have been reported in 69 countries and territories, resulting in a torrent of information and communication about the virus and its eects, largely due to its connection with congenital Zika syndrome and other neurological disorders and the increased incidence of cases of Zika-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome (SGB).

2016

• Results of the Consultation Emergency Zika - El Salvador - Process Knowledge Attitudes and Practices on ZIKV; 2016
• Pesticide residues in food 2016. Special Session of the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues; 2016
• First Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Public Health Entomology; 2016
• Laboratory testing for Zika virus infection Interim guidance - 23 March 2016
• Mosquito (vector) control emergency response and preparedness for Zika virus - 18 March 2016
• Provisional recommendations for blood services in light of the Zika virus epidemic; 2016

2014

• Report on the Second Meeting of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group July 2014
• Report on the Third Meeting of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group, November 2014
  

  The third meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Vector Control Advisory Group (VCAG), an advisory group to WHO on new forms of vector control for malaria and other vector-borne  diseases, was convened from 12 to 14 November 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland.

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