Regional Online Training of Trainers on Vector Surveillance and Control

The “Regional Online Training of Trainers on Vector Surveillance and Control” was organized by the World Health Organization (Malaria and Vector Control unit of universal health coverage/communicable diseases department-MVC UHC/DCD and Head Quarters-HQ) in collaboration with Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA). The training was conducted virtually in 2021 to strengthen the capacity of vector surveillance and control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sessions were delivered by speakers from WHO EMRO and HQ, NEA Singapore, CDC Atlanta US, University of California Riverside and Baylor University US, International Atomic Energy Agency, CropLife International.

The training covered the surveillance of the major disease vectors transmitting dengue, chikungunya, malaria and leishmaniasis, and focused on the methodology of collection of the disease vectors for monitoring, including the novel tools for vector surveillance and the current WHO recommended vector control interventions. An important issue addressed in this training is the invasive Anopheles stephensi in the Horn of Africa.