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Table 1 Description of the participants

From: Establishing research priorities in prevention and control of vector-borne diseases in urban areas: a collaborative process

 

Decision-makersa

Researchers

Total

Participants

8

13

21

 Women

4

9

13

 Men

4

4

8

Country of residence

 Brazil

3 (city, regional and federal levels)

4

7

 Colombia

2 (regional and national levels)

4

6

 Peru

1 (regional level)

0

1

 Canada

0

3

3

 France

0

1

1

 Spain

0

1

1

 USA (PAHO)

1

0

1

 Switzerland (WHO/ TDR)

1

0

1

Training

 MD + PhD (public health or epidemiology)

3

5

8

 PhD (all domains)

4

5

9

 MD student

0

2

2

 MSc

1

1

2

Specialty

 Surveillance, diagnostic and epidemiological

5

8

13

 Entomology

2

1

3

 Health economics

1

1

2

 Community health

0

2

2

 Virology

0

1

1

  1. MD Doctor of medicine, PhD Doctor of philosophy, Msc Master of science
  2. aFor the purpose of describing participants, the representatives of PAHO and WHO/TDR are included in this category.