APMEN Virtual Course on Malaria Vector Surveillance Planning Tools
The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) is organizing a virtual training course on “Malaria Vector Surveillance Planning Tools“
Date: August 12 – 15, 2024
Time: 1pm – 3pm (Singapore time)
Place: Online via Zoom
Vector control is the single most effective intervention for achieving a reduction in malaria transmission. Such vector control must be underpinned by a thorough understanding of which vector species are present in a particular area, the relative abundance of the various species, breeding site preference, feeding and resting behavior, insecticide susceptibility, data management, and interpretation, all of this then integrated into a holistic entomological surveillance program. Each of these elements requires specific knowledge and skills, to help program managers and public health entomologists tailor vector control solutions, reduce human-vector contact, and drive down malaria transmission. APMEN adds value to such capacity gaps which often occur in programmes, to achieve optimized levels of vector surveillance which is the foundation for effective vector control interventions.
The course curriculum of this training will cover the following key topics:
- The importance of Entomological surveillance. (Introduction to the ESPT and the eSPT)
- Understanding Gaps in Protection
- What is your question?
- Indicators – which ones to collect? Minimal essential indicators
- Sampling methods – which ones are appropriate?
- Sampling design and site selection
- Capacity and funding
- Data management
- Working through scenarios/ questions
Entomologists, vector control colleagues, and programme staff of national malaria programmes across the Asia Pacific Region as well as individuals who play a pivotal role in shaping operational guidelines will greatly benefit from this course.
Speaker: Prof. Neil Lobo, a distinguished expert in vector control and research professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, United States of America.
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