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Join the City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board (NOMTCB) at NACCHO Annual for a pest control tour in the...
Jun 15, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
On June 7, 2018, NACCHO hosted a webinar with Florida’s Lee County Mosquito Control District based on one of the most popular...
Jun 13, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Fairfax County Health Department in Virginia released a new music video to educate the public about Lyme disease and other...
May 22, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Vital Signs monthly report covers important health threats and...
May 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Apr 18, 2018 | Taylarr Lopez
In partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NACCHO developed and distributed an electronic survey to...
Apr 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO hosted the 2018 Vector Control Summit on March 13 – 15, 2018, in Orlando, Florida. The summit focused on building mosquito...
Apr 11, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
As a continuation of the trainings and education provided at the 2018 Vector Control Summit, NACCHO is now offering technical...
Mar 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) published...
Mar 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Join the City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board (NOMTCB) at NACCHO Annual for a pest control tour in the historic French Quarter. The tour will describe challenges and solutions to pests such as cockroaches, flies, termites, rodents, and mosquitoes. Urban pest and vector professionals from NOMTCB will take the participants to […]
On June 7, 2018, NACCHO hosted a webinar with Florida’s Lee County Mosquito Control District based on one of the most popular technical training sessions from this year’s Vector Control Summit. Rachel Morreale and Milton Sterling reviewed how to select, use, and maintain different types of mosquito traps. Participants also learned common errors associated with the […]
The Fairfax County Health Department in Virginia released a new music video to educate the public about Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. The video highlights these simple steps people can take to prevent tick bites: Avoid wooded and brushy areas with high grass and leaf litter, and walk in the center of trails. Maintain […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Vital Signs monthly report covers important health threats and details what can be done to drive down these diseases. The May 2018 issue, released on May 1, focuses on vector-borne diseases from mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. The report describes the increasing threat of these diseases, our limited […]
In partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NACCHO developed and distributed an electronic survey to assess mosquito surveillance and control capacity among the nearly 2,000 local vector control programs nationwide. Through this work, we found that although mosquito-borne diseases are an ongoing public health concern in the United States, a large majority […]
NACCHO hosted the 2018 Vector Control Summit on March 13 – 15, 2018, in Orlando, Florida. The summit focused on building mosquito control capabilities in local jurisdictions and featured speakers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, local vector control organizations, and other national environmental health organizations. View summit resources and presentations.
As a continuation of the trainings and education provided at the 2018 Vector Control Summit, NACCHO is now offering technical assistance in the field of Vector Control. This project is a part of ongoing efforts to provide practical guidance to local health departments on building competency in mosquito control and surveillance. In the wake of […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) published a brochure to highlight some of the work NCEZID and their partners carried out in 2017. The brochure features stories on a range of topics, including combating antibiotic resistance (p. 4-5), responding to vector-borne diseases (p. 6-7), […]
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