Mosquito Awareness Week, an effort of the countries and territories in the Region of the Americas, to raise awareness about the connection between mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit, such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika, yellow fever, and malaria, and to work with the community to prevent mosquito breeding.

For prevention in the home, male and female heads of households are called on to reduce the number of key mosquito breeding sites found in homes.