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[Key fact] Meanwhile at the 69th World Health Assembly...

23 May 2016

The WHO Director-General Margaret Chan declared at the 69th World Health Assembly in May 2016 that " the spread of Zika, the resurgence of dengue, and the emerging threat from chikungunya are the price being paid for a massive policy failure that dropped the ball on mosquito control in the 1970s " .

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