Understand how mosquitoes and other arthropod disease vectors can be controlled

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has launched a brand new MOOC (Massive Open-Access Online Course) on controlling vector borne diseases, in partnership with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and IVCC. Learners can sign up for free to explore the wide range of vectors and the diseases they transmit and learn about traditional and modern vector control.

The spread of vector-borne diseases, including malaria, Zika virus and dengue fever, are of global concern.

In 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released their Global Vector Control Response (GVCR) document which promotes a stronger, strategic worldwide approach to controlling vectors of disease.

On this course, you will learn about a wide range of vectors and the diseases they transmit, from the Aedes mosquito and the Zika virus, to the tsetse fly and African sleeping sickness.

You will explore the WHO GVCR document, and will also discover how vector-borne diseases are distributed, and the suitability of vector control practices designed to prevent the spread of these dangerous diseases.

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