AMCA’s Best Practices for Integrated Mosquito Management Virtual Training Program

Mosquito control professionals work on reducing people’s exposure to bites and pathogens through managing mosquitoes in the environment. Many different methods and tools are available to help with this mission. However, the best way to manage mosquitoes uses a science-based approached, also known as integrated mosquito management (IMM), that collects data to determine when, where, and what action to take. An IMM program can be complex and consists of five main components: community engagement, collecting and using data, reducing potential larval habitat, using all control methods available and reasonable, and regularly evaluating the efficacy of the program.

Learning Objectives

After completing all readings, lectures, and evaluations, a learner will understand:

• Fundamentals of mosquito biology and ecology necessary to locate and control immature and adult mosquitoes
• The role mosquitoes play in disease transmission and the importance of using an integrated approach to protect people from these pests
• The 5 principles of integrated mosquito management including: community engagement, collecting and using data, reducing potential larval habitat, using all control methods available and reasonable, and regularly evaluating the efficacy of the program
• How to perform the different components of integrated mosquito management
• How to access additional information needed for science-based mosquito control