From Tuesday, May 19 – Wednesday, May 20, 2015 AHF, in partnership with the Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease (SLIPE) and the FIU Global Health Consortium, convened a Dengue Workshop in Miami inviting members of the Dengue Task Force, dengue KOLs and representatives from the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) from a number of dengue-endemic Latin American countries. The purpose of this workshop was to discuss dengue vaccination policy and implementation of vaccination programs in the Region. The Dengue Workshop was chaired by Dr. Joao Bosco Siqueira of Brazil and Dr. Gabriel Carrasquilla from Colombia served as secretary.

In addition to the Dengue Task Force members, participants of the Dengue Workshop represented Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados.