First meeting of the vector control advisory group (VCAG)

Overview

The newly established Vector Control Advisory Group (VCAG) supports national and global efforts to control and eliminate vector-borne diseases worldwide by strengthening WHO’s capacity to assess the public health value of new vector control innovations and to develop appropriate technical recommendations. This report details the proceedings and outcomes of its first meeting, held in July 2013, which finalized the operational procedures to allow the evaluation of new tools, technologies or approaches in public health vector control. VCAG is jointly managed by the Global Malaria Programme and the Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases and will serve as an advisory body to WHO on new forms of vector control for malaria and other vector-borne diseases.