Challenges and opportunities for strengthening South American responses to insecticide resistance in disease vectors: Lessons from the WINSA workshop in Bogotá, Colombia

Background: Vector-borne diseases remain a major and evolving public health challenge in South America, where arboviruses such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and malaria continue to expand in incidence and geographic distribution. Insecticides remain central to vector control programs; however, the r