To celebrate the World NTD Day, together with TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, The Global Vector Hub is delighted to announce an online symposium entitled ‘Global Landscape Analysis of training Courses in Medical Entomology for vector-borne disease control – lessons learned from existing courses and summary of needs assessment‘ on Monday 31 January 2022.

This symposium aims to assess the global landscape of medical entomology training, considering the experience of current course organisers, students and stakeholders in applied medical entomology and vector control from highly diverse backgrounds.

Chair: Dr Fredros Okumu, Ifakara Health Institute /IHI, Tanzania

Panelists:
• Prof María Guadalupe Guzmán, Pedro Kourí Tropical Medicine Institute/IPK, Cuba
• Dr Martin Akogbeto, Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou/CREC, Benin
• Dr Michelle Katusele, PNG Institute of Medical Research/IMR, Papua-New Guinea
• Dr Kelly Martinou, Joint Services Health Unit/JSHU, Cyprus
• Prof Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap, Kasetsart University, Thailand

There will be a Q&A session of 20 minutes moderated by the Chair.

Please register here: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rhlZNQlCT3Ou27kWPIZPfQ

Please submit any questions for the Q&A session to: globalvectorhub@lshtm.ac.uk