Taeniosis/cysticercosis are important zoonotic infections which continue to be a significant problem in several parts of the world including Latin America, Asia and Africa. Control of these infections has always required the collaboration of both veterinary and medical public health services at a national level and these aspects have prompted the production of this publication jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). It has been produced to provide guidance on the design, implementation and standardization of control strategies against these zoonoses. It is a timely update on the previous guidelines produced in 1983 which were of significant importance in providing good overviews of the problems and strategies involved at the time.