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The VCC grant helped Ottawa County transform their program into something manageable, sustainable, and community orientated.
Sep 26, 2024 | Ottawa County Department of Public Health, West Michigan
Vector Control Collaborative Hurricane Crisis Cohort stories Part 2: Beaufort County Mosquito Control, SC.
Jul 26, 2024 | Beaufort County Mosquito Control, SC
Vector Control Collaborative Hurricane Crisis Cohort stories Part 2: Pender County Health Department, NC.
Jul 26, 2024 | Ben Kane, Pender County Health Department
Vector Control Collaborative 2024: Hurricane Crisis Cohort Stories - Part 1
Jul 26, 2024 | Anastasia Mosquito Control District
In 2020, the Forsyth County Department of Public Health (NC) vector control program demonstrated improvements in both insecticide...
Feb 07, 2023 | Charlotte Ciampa
Suffolk County (NY) mentored Franklin County (OH)’s new tick surveillance program as part of NACCHO’s Vector Control Collaborative....
Jan 06, 2021 | Guest Author
By Dr. Peter Jiang, Entomologist, Gainesville Mosquito Control Gainesville, FL is known as “The Swamp” not only because of...
Feb 25, 2020 | Guest Author
By John Townsend, Vector Control Division Manager and James Will, Vector Control Managing Supervisor, Maricopa County Environmental...
Feb 12, 2020 | Guest Author
Jul 13, 2018 | Taylarr Lopez
In 2020, the Forsyth County Department of Public Health (NC) vector control program demonstrated improvements in both insecticide resistance training (IRT) and capacity for cooperation and coordination with nearby vector control programs compared to their self-assessment in 2017.
Suffolk County (NY) mentored Franklin County (OH)’s new tick surveillance program as part of NACCHO’s Vector Control Collaborative. COVID-19 travel restrictions did not stop the expansion of tick species, nor did they stop this virtual mentorship. FaceTime tick dragging is a socially-distanced and low-cost way to receive technical assistance for field work.
By Dr. Peter Jiang, Entomologist, Gainesville Mosquito Control Gainesville, FL is known as “The Swamp” not only because of the University of Florida, but also because of its swampy areas in the city that breed mosquitoes year-round. Gainesville Mosquito Control (GMC) covers 65 square miles, and a substantial increase in several mosquito species since 2017 […]
By John Townsend, Vector Control Division Manager and James Will, Vector Control Managing Supervisor, Maricopa County Environmental Services Maricopa County Environmental Services Vector Control Division (MCESVCD) in Arizona conducts year‐round surveillance, abatement and disease testing of mosquitoes. Through NACCHO’s Vector Control Collaborative, we had the opportunity to become a mentor...
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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk populations are especially vulnerable to public health...
Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department
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