Sixth Expert Group Meeting on DDT

DDT is listed in Annex B of the Stockholm Convention with its uses in disease vector control as an acceptable purpose in accordance with Part II of Annex B of the Convention. The DDT expert group is established by the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (COP) to assess, every two years, the available scientific, technical, environmental and economic information related to production and use of DDT for consideration by the COP in its evaluation of continued need for DDT for disease vector control.The seventh meeting of the COP concluded that countries that are relying on DDT for disease vector control may need to continue such use until locally appropriate and cost-effective alternatives are available for a sustainable transition away from DDT, and decided to evaluate the continued need for DDT for disease vector control including that provided by the DDT expert group, at its eighth meeting of the COP in 2017, with the objective of accelerating the identification and development of locally appropriate, cost-effective and safe alternatives.