Gender mainstreaming as a pathway for sustainable arbovirus control in Latin America.

The 2015 to 2017 outbreak of Zika generated global attention on the risk of a spectrum of neurological disorders posed to women and their unborn children - including, but not limited to, microcephaly - that came to be known as congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). In addition to this "glass ceiling" in the design of vector control, policies have not been designed to account for the increased burden of vector control activities on female health workers, upon whom society already places high expectations of care (for their families and their communities). Moreover, the current literature focuses on vector control more broadly, and there have not been comprehensive studies on how gender affects arbovirus control programs in particular. [Extracted from the article]