REPORT FROM THE 19TH ANNUAL ARBOVIRUS SURVEILLANCE & MOSQUITO CONTROL WORKSHOP, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, USA

Sandra Gewehr, president of the EMCA (European Mosquito Control Association) was invited by the Director of the Anastasia Mosquito Control District (AMCD, Florida, USA), Dr. Rui-De Xue, who is also the president of the AMCA (American Mosquito Control Association), to the 19th Annual arbovirus surveillance and mosquito control workshop of the AMCD.

Mrs Gewehr gave a presentation entitled “Mosquito control in Europe: the role of the EMCA”. At the initiative of Dr. Florence Fouque of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases of the World Health Organization (TDR/WHO), responsible WHO Officer for the development of WHO-EMCA guidelines for mosquito control, the presidents of AMCA and EMCA agreed upon signing a bilateral MoU for the scientific and educational cooperation of the two organizations.

Within this perspective, Sandra Gewehr will propose to the members of the EMCA board the organization of a joint workshop with the AMCA board, on the occasion of the next AMCA conference, to be held in Puerto Rico in March 2025, eventually coordinated and supported by the TDR/WHO.

From left: Sandra Gewehr (EMCA President), Rui De Xue (AMCA President), Filiz Gunay (eSOVE President), Florence Fouque (TDR/WHO)