Publication date: Mar 22, 2025
The Pacific Island Health Officers’ Association, the World Health Organization, and the Pacific Community co-organized the launch of the Pacific Vector Network (PVN) to address challenges posed by mosquito-borne diseases, including dengue fever, Zika virus disease, chikungunya, malaria, and lymphatic filariasis. The PVN was created as a new initiative under the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN). This launch was a critical step in the build-up to PVN as a full-service network of PPHSN in the coming years. The Pacific Island Countries and areas (PIC)-led network comprises vector management leadership, officers, and technical partners dedicated to supporting information-sharing to promote evidence-based collective action and innovation. The setup of a Technical Working Body to ensure governance and to steer forward the work of the network was a key deliverable. This manuscript describes the proceedings and discussions of PIC representatives and several regional partners at the inaugural PVN meeting held 5-7 June 2023 in Hawai’i, USA.
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| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | Chikungunya Fever |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Trestolone |
| disease | IDO | entity |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Methionine |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Etoperidone |
| disease | IDO | vector surveillance |
| disease | MESH | infectious diseases |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Coenzyme M |
| disease | IDO | intervention |
| disease | IDO | country |
| pathway | REACTOME | Reproduction |
| disease | MESH | parasitic diseases |
| disease | MESH | Japanese encephalitis |
| disease | MESH | lymphatic filariasis |
| pathway | KEGG | Malaria |
| disease | MESH | malaria |
| disease | MESH | Zika virus disease |
| disease | MESH | dengue fever |
| disease | MESH | mosquito-borne diseases |
| disease | MESH | vector-borne diseases |