Seventeenth meeting of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group
Seventeenth meeting of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2023-01-20

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9240066020

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Experts from the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group (VCAG) met in a hybrid meeting with product developers, innovators and researchers from 3 to 6 October 2022 for the 17th VCAG meeting. This report details the proceedings and outcomes of the meeting, including advice provided to applicants working on interventions in the following intervention types: sterile males, population suppression induced by gene drive, insecticide treated nets, endectocides and spatial repellents.

Fourteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases, 22–24 June 2021
Fourteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases, 22–24 June 2021

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Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2021-10-20

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9240035621

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The purpose of this publication is to report on the main subjects presented and discussed during the fourteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTD), which took place on 22-24 June 2021. The recommendations made by STAG-NTD members are also recorded. The target audience is represented by the global NTD community, including WHO staff in headquarters, Regional Offices and Country Offices, officials in Ministries of Health and other governmental institutions, partner organizations and other stakeholders.

Twentieth meeting of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group
Twentieth meeting of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2024-06-28

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9240096671

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On 4, 5 and 7 March 2024, the WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Group (MPAG) convened in Yaoundé, Cameroon, to review updates and progress, and to provide guidance on thematic areas of work by the Global Malaria Programme. The meeting focused on the following topics: malaria vaccine introduction and scale-up, and the Gavi-supported malaria learning agenda; the High burden to high impact (HBHI) approach; subnational tailoring; biological threats to vector control in Africa; the strategy to respond to antimalarial drug resistance in Africa; the development of guidelines recommendations on tafenoquine, primaquine and near-patient glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) diagnostic tests to support radical cure of Plasmodium vivax; and malaria elimination, including zoonotic malaria.

Nineteenth meeting of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group
Nineteenth meeting of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2024-01-23

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9240087699

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Experts from the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group (VCAG) met with product developers, innovators and researchers from 27–28 September 2023 for the 19th VCAG meeting. This report details the proceedings and outcomes of the meeting, including advice provided to applicants working on interventions in the following intervention types: eave tubes, sterilization of male mosquitoes and systemic endectocide treatment for Lyme disease.