Dengue & Arboviruses Advisory Group

The Dengue & Arboviruses Advisory Group (DAAG) is a group of experts representing numerous disciplines from the preventative and curative cycles surrounding arboviruses, drawing on experience across fields such as medicine, vector control, diagnostics, disease & vector surveillance, vaccines, urbanization, infrastructure development and many more.

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Each member of the DAAG will work to champion activities within their own professional communities and countries, acting as spokespeople to highlight the need for greater awareness and action around dengue and arboviruses including chikungunya, Zika, yellow fever and Japanese Encephalitis, as well as tick-borne arboviruses including Lyme disease, Tick-borne encephalitis. DAAG members will also advocate for World Dengue Day as a global awareness day. 

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In an effort to combat arboviruses using an integrated approach, the DAAG will contribute invaluable expertise and assistance in a variety of areas:

• Generating interest, awareness and operationalisation around new research in dengue and arboviruses

• Highlighting the challenges that the research, control and prevention community are currently facing

• Encouraging WHO Member States to prioritise dengue and arboviruses in health policy and programmes and include World Dengue Day in their advocacy activities 

• Developing meeting programmes for future arboviruses meetings

• Helping to spearhead global celebrations for a World Dengue Day 

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Secretariat for World Dengue Day and Dengue & Arboviruses Advisory Group (DAAG): 

International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases at info@isntd.org and

Marianne Comparet (Director, ISNTD) at comparetm@isntd.org