Report of the seventeenth WHOPES working group meeting: WHO/HQ, Geneva, 15-19 September 2014

Overview

The 17th meeting of the WHOPES Working Group, an advisory group to the World Health Organization (WHO) Pesticide Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES), was held at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, from 15 to 19 September 2014.

The Working Group reviewed alphacypermethrin 250 water- dispersible granules packaged in water-soluble bags (WG-SB) for indoor residual spraying (IRS) for control of malaria vectors (Tagros Chemicals India Ltd., India), and ICON MAXX dip-it-yourself kit for long-lasting insecticidal treatment of polyester nets (Syngenta, Switzerland); and re-evaluated submissions on Netprotect long- lasting insecticidal nets (Intelligent Insect Control, France) and Chlorfenapyr 240 suspension concentrate (SC) for IRS (BASF, Germany). The Working Group made recommendations on the use of each of these products.

The Working Group meeting included an open session on 15 September 2014, to which industry representatives were invited, and closed sessions, restricted to the invited experts, on 1619 September 2014. The meeting was attended by 15 experts (see Annex 1. List of participants).