Egon Weinmueller is vice president for global public health at BASF and is chairman of the Vector Control team at CropLife International. Weinmueller has over 30 years of experience in the crop protection industry and public health sector. He sits on the steering committee of the Stockholm Convention working group Global Alliance for Alternatives to DDT and many Roll Back Malaria working groups. BASF is a committed member of the public health community and is working closely with the World Health Organization, the private and public sectors to help find solutions to control mosquito-borne diseases.