Vector Control Technicians and Laboratory Technicians attached to the Central
Board of Health and the Dunbar’s laboratory are participating in an Insecticidal
Resistance Workshop in collaboration with the Pan American Health
Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO).
The workshop is focusing on the use of insecticides as a key intervention to control
mosquitoes and consequently prevent spread of arboviral diseases for example
Chikungunya, Dengue and Zika.
The objectives of the workshop is to establish trainers on the ground to continue
training staff in the protocol for insecticidal resistance testing, develop protocols
for the country and to produce results on insecticidal resistance in mosquito, eggs
and larvae.
As a result of this training session, the country’s capacity to conduct tests and
provide the information about susceptibility of mosquitoes in Antigua and Barbuda
will be improved.
PAHO/WHO Country Program Specialist for St. Lucia, Reynold Hewitt and
PAHO/WHO International Consultant, Dr. Alexandra Wright are facilitating the
training.
