Vector Biology and Control in Ghana

Advanced Module: Vector Biology and Control in Ghana

Date/Time/Duration
Monday, June 20, 2022 - 8:00am
Venue/Location
On zoom and face to face @ UCC Cape Coast, Ghana
Organized By
Andreas Kudom, PhD – UCC (Ghana) & Lisa Hoffäller, M.A. – CIHLMU Center for Inter. Health (Germany)
Speaker(s)
Andreas Kudom, PhD – University of Cape Coast (Ghana)
Lisa Hoffäller, M.A. – CIHLMU Center for International Health (Germany)

WHAT YOU WILL

In the field 
1. Mosquito systematics, sampling techniques and larval survey
2. Sampling techniques for vectors other than mosquitoes
3.Vector behaviour and disease transmission
4. Vector control and challenges
5. Insecticide resistance and management 

In the lab

1. Epidemiology of vector-borne disease with special reference to Ghana

2. Examine selected arthropods of medical importance

3. Basic functional morphology of arthropods of medical importance

4. Methods of evaluation of susceptibility and efficacy of insecticides and control tools

5. Molecular techniques used in mosquito control

COURSE COORDINATORS
Andreas Kudom, PhD – University of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Lisa Hoffäller, M.A. – CIHLMU Center for International Health (Germany)

CONTACT
Germany
ttu@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
www.cih.lmu.de
Ghana
vectorbiol.oh-target@ucc.edu.gh
www.ucc.edu.gh/events

 

Participants should use this link to registrater

Registration deadline is 10th June,2021

 

Key Features / Side Attractions
Epidemiology of vector-borne disease with special reference to Ghana
Mosquito systematics, sampling techniques and larval survey