Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
The Global Challenge of Vector Borne Diseases and How to Control Them
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and ARCTEC
This online course examined the global challenge of vector-borne diseases and how vector control practices can reduce the risk to public health.
6 weeks, 3 hours per week
Professor James Logan (BSc PhD FRES)
Head of the Department of Disease Control (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and Director of ARCTEC
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr Michael Coleman (BSc PhD)
Senior Lecturer in Medical Entomology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
ARCTEC
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the lifecycle of mosquitoes, sandflies, tsetse flies, triatoma 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
Syllabus
- A History of Vector Control
- WHO Global Vector Response
- Vector Biology
- Traditional Vector Control
- Modern Vector Control
- Designing Surveillance & Behaviour Change Programmes and RCTS
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Issued on 20th October 2020
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