Draft resolution

W O R L D H E A L T H O R G A N I Z A T I O N R E G I O N A L O F F I C E F O R E U R O P E

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Regional Committee for Europe

Çeşme Izmir, Turkey, 16–19 September 2013 15 July 2013

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Draft resolution

Regional Framework for surveillance and control of invasive mosquito vectors and

re-emerging vector-borne diseases

The Regional Committee,

Taking note of the global spread of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti mosquito species, which are effective vectors of potentially severe diseases such as dengue and chikungunya fevers;

Recognizing a worrying trend in the increase of the geographic distribution of the population of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti mosquito species and the number of reported indigenous cases and outbreaks of dengue and chikungunya fevers in the WHO European Region over the past decade;

1. SUPPORTS the Regional Framework for surveillance and control of invasive mosquito vectors and re-emerging vector-borne diseases;

2. CALLS on Members States¹ at greater risk to use the Regional Framework as guidance for the development of national action plans;

3. REQUESTS the Regional Director;

(a) to further develop partnerships and coordinate disease risk assessment and vector control in the WHO European Region;

(b) to report to the Regional Committee at its sixty-eighth session on the progress made in countries using the Regional Framework.

1 And regional economic integration organizations, where applicable