Cornell University Call for Applications: Vector-borne Diseases Surveillance course

The Cornell University online learning platform, eCornell, offers this 3-week course on Vector-borne Diseases Surveillance. The course will help you understand the tools, methodology, and best practices for the surveillance of arthropod vectors, including ticks and mosquitoes. You will gain the knowledge and resources necessary to design an effective vector surveillance program in your local jurisdiction. The course is intended to train and create a network of public health practitioners, from a variety of backgrounds, in entomology and in the approaches, techniques, and skills required for effective surveillance programs.

Key course takeaway:

• Develop an understanding of the sampling, testing, and data-interpretation strategies that make for an effective surveillance program
• Consider how to build such a program that targets the mosquitoes, ticks, and vector-borne disease risks of your local area
• Practice creating a public-health communication campaign that successfully conveys prevention and control information to your regional audience

Who should enrol:

• Public Health and Vector Control staff 
• Sanitarians
• Environmental Health Professional
• Anyone in a new or planned role who is responsible for protecting the public from vector borne diseases

Read more here.

Starting date January 13, 2021.