Online course: The Global Challenge of Vector-Borne Diseases and How to Control Them
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Anthropod Control Product Test Centre (ARCTEC), the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) offer an online course on The Global Challenge of Vector-Borne Diseases and How to Control Them starting on September 21, 2020 to examine the global challenge of vector-borne diseases and how vector control practices can reduce the risk to public health.
What topics will you cover?
- A history of vector control
- WHO global vector response
- Vector biology
- Traditional vector control
- Modern vector control
- Designing surveillance & behaviour change programmes and RCTS
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:
- Describe the lifecycle of mosquitoes, sandflies, tsetse flies, triamtoma bugs, and ticks
- Describe the distribution of these arthropods and diseases transmitted
- Explore and understand the control methods used against these vectors
- Evaluate the pros and cons of different vector control strategies
- Describe examples of successes in vector control
- Describe how to implement control strategies most effectively and how to design robust studies to collect scientifically rigorous data
Read more here.
