Zika Resources: For Health Authorities

Surveillance

• Guía para la vigilancia de la enfermedad por el virus del Zika y sus complicaciones; 2016 (Spanish only)

Vector Control

• WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme: "WHOPES"
• Integrated vector management (IVM) directory of resources
• Equipment for vector control - Specification guidelines, revised version; 2010
• Dengue Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control; 2009
• Pesticides and their application for the control of vectors and pests of public health importance, Sixth Edition; 2006
• Space spray application of insecticides for vector and public health pest control; 2003

Microcephaly

• WHO: Prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus Interim guidance; 2016 | Español | Português |
• WHO: Pregnancy management in the context of Zika virus
• WHO: Assessment of infants with microcephaly in the context of Zika virus
• Provisional considerations for the care of pregnant women in settings with high Zika virus circulation: Document for health care professionals
• Preliminary guidelines for the surveillance of microcephaly in newborns in settings with risk of Zika virus circulation

Risk Communication and Community Engagement

• Guidelines for surveillance of Zika virus disease and its complications
• Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice surveys Zika virus disease and potential complications.Resource pack
• Risk Communication and Community Engagement for Zika Virus Prevention and Control A Guidance and Resource Package for country Offices for Coordination, Planning, Key Messages and Actions; March 2016
• Risk communication in the context of Zika virus Interim guidance
• Zika virus infection: step by step guide on Risk Communications and Community Engagement
• Communication for behavioural impact (COMBI). A toolkit for behavioural and social communication in outbreak response 
• Comunicación para impactar en conducta - COMBI (Only in Spanish)
• Sistematización de Lecciones Aprendidas en Proyectos COMBI en Dengue en la Región de las Américas. (Only in Spanish)
• Planning Social Mobilization and Communication for Dengue Fever Prevention and Control: A Step-by-Step Guide; 2004
• Proyecto Participación Comunitaria y Educación en Salud en Dengue: Proyecto de colaboración entre la OPS y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) (Only in Spanish)

Resource Mobilization

• Strategy for Enhancing National Capacity to Respond to Zika virus Epidemic in the Americas

Situation Reports

• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (10 March 2017)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (2 February 2017)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (20 January 2017)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (5 January 2017)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (29 December 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (22 December 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (15 December 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (8 December 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (1 December 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (24 November 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (17 November 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (10 November 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (3 November 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (27 October 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (20 October 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (13 October 2016)
• pdf Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (6 October 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (29 September 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (22 September 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (15 September 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (8 September 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (1 September 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (25 August 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (18 August 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (11 August 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (4 August 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (28 July 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (21 July 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (14 July 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (7 July 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (30 June 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (23 June 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (16 June 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (9 June 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (2 June 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (26 May 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (19 May 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (12 May 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (5 May 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (28 April 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (21 April 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (14 April 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (7 April 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (31 March 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (24 March 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (17 March 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (10 March 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (4 March 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (26 February 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika virus, Microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome (19 February 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Zika and potential complications (12 February 2016)
• Global Situation Report on Zika: Neurological syndrome and congenital anomalies (5 February 2016)

Technical Reports

• Pesticide residues in food 2016. Special Session of the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues
• First Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Public Health Entomology
• Laboratory testing for Zika virus infection Interim guidance - 23 March 2016
• Psychosocial support for pregnant women and for families with microcephaly and other neurological complications in the context of Zika virus - Interim guidance for health-care providers | Español | Português |  
• Breastfeeding in the context of Zika virus. Interim guidance | Português
• WHO: Prevention of potential sexual transmission of Zika virus. Interim guidance | Español | Português | Français |
• Provisional recommendations for blood services in light of the Zika virus epidemic
• Report on the Second Meeting of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group July 2014 
• Report on the Third Meeting of the WHO Vector Control Advisory Group, November 2014

Zika Research

• Case-control study to assess potential risk factors related to microcephaly including Zika virus infection during pregnancy
• Prospective longitudinal cohort study of newborns and infants born to mothers exposed to Zika virus during pregnancy
• Prospective longitudinal cohort study of women and newborns exposed to Zika virus during the course of pregnancy
• Prospective longitudinal cohort study of Zika-infected patients to measure the persistence of Zika virus in body fluids
• Case-control study to assess potential risk factors related to Guillain-Barré Syndrome including Zika virus infection
• Cross-sectional seroprevalence study of Zika virus infection in the general population
• Zika Ethics Consultation: Ethics Guidance on Key Issues Raised by the Outbreak
• PAHO/WHO Regional research agenda related to Zika virus infection. Development of a research agenda for characterizing the Zika outbreak and its public health implications in the Americas
• Link to Zika Research database